Venue
Arthouse1
Starts
Friday, September 8, 2017
Ends
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Address
45 Grange Road, SE1 3BH
Location
London
Organiser
Arthouse1

Imagine a collision of Méret Oppenheim’s fur-covered teacup and Lynda Benglis’ massive dildo….what do you get? No, the answer isn’t object sex!

 

It’s a profound thing to think you can make art from observing the minutia in your daily life. Something Borrowed brings together eleven contemporary female artists working with found objects and materials, who are playful, disobedient, and critical about the world around them.

 

Exploring the female perspective of borrowing is something particular; it’s social, it’s an act of bonding. These artists work with memories, borrowing objects because they spark with history, memories, and meaning. The power of observation practiced by these eleven artists link decay with giving life, transform pain into desire, coax the intangible from the tangible, locate the virtual in a space of its own, and continually subvert expectation.

 

It’s not the objects, but the sizzling memories that make the work.

 

THE ARTISTS

Hermione Allsopp

Susan Francis

Ruth Franklin

Sarah Gillham

Hannah Honeywill

Mindy Lee

Alex March

Kate Murdoch

Lisa Snook

Jacqueline Utley

Andrea V Wright

Co-curated by

Jane Boyer and Rebecca Fairman