The main premise for this exhibition arose from a period of Residency with Abingdon Studios in 2020. Due to the pandemic the residency was divided between onsite visits to Blackpool and the production of the work in my studio in Sheffield. The work itself thus became heavily influenced by both environments and within the pieces, a division between two locations became a focus as much as a conflict between functionality and sentimentality that I had already begun exploring through the subject matter of the art work.
The pieces were created with the division of Work/Leisure as a basis and I focused on Plates as an object that I felt held a contradiction within its objecthood. And the opportunity to explore all the alternative uses that people apply to a common household object.
Here/There as an exhibition has an addition contrast, provided through the experience of producing during that time period. Being forced to produce remotely between two locations. How this influenced the pieces I produced. And the great impact this had on how I would choose to exhibit the artworks over a year later.
Here are some images of the making process of the pieces. Showing my studio during my residency as the work environment that produced the pieces.
