Fruition
Apologies for the long absence since my last diary post! A combination of two things have conspired to this neglect – childrens summer holidays (say no more) and completing major commission work for the Victoriana: The Art of Revival exhibition that opened last weekend. This exhibition is the most significant I have had the priveledge to be invited to partake in. To be exhibiting alongside artists such as Paula Rego, Yinka Shonibare, Grayson Perry, and Mat Collishaw is a bit unbelievable. I mean I have books about these guys on my studio shelves!
They took two of my existing pieces for the exhibition and then commissioned me to do a site specific installation for a small room. This is what I have been working on diligentlly for the best part of a year but considerably more frantically in the last couple of months as it was installed in the actual space. The piece is called Nightingale’s Nest and plays with the ideas of Victorian innocence, purity and concealment of sexual expression.
I’m delighted with how the piece finally came together. Throughout the process I kept in mind my mentors advice of being ambitious. I basically figured with this opportunity it was a case of go big or go home!
Now that the work is complete (and kids back at school I have space to breathe again and so will be arranging my second mentoring meeting with Danielle Arnaud soon.
If you would like to visit the Victoriana exhibition it is on for the next 3 months at The Guildhall Art Gallery in London.
Video tour of Victoriana:The Art Of Revival
