Marsden Woo Gallery: October 2011

28 October 2011

OUR UPCOMING SHOWS: 'IDEAL HOME' AND 'FRAGMENTS OF MEMORY'

We have two exciting new shows opening next week...

In the main gallery will be 'Ideal Home', a group show of new work by Carol McNicoll, Jacqueline Poncelet and Sam Scott. With a vibrant mix of playful ceramics, paintings and furniture, the artists will create a warm and inviting environment that explores their shared fascination with the domestic. A bright contrast to the increasingly chilly weather outdoors! You can read more in the press release here.

Maria Milisti's solo show, 'Fragments of Memory', will be taking place in our downstairs Project Space. Through the medium of highly sophisticated metalwork in combination with carefully selected found items and sensitively observed connections, Militsi will explore the ability of objects to act as echoes of experience, fragments of memory or markers of loss. You can read more in the press release here.

Both shows will run from 3 November - 22 December 2011.

Carol McNicoll, untitled, ceramic and found object (2011)
photo © Carol McNicoll/Marsden Woo Gallery

Jacqueline Poncelet, from the 'Bryn Ogwyr' series, gouache on paper (2011)
image © Jacqueline Poncelet

Sam Scott, chest of drawers (2011)
photo © Sam Scott

Maria Militsi, 'Self-portraits' (2011)
image © Maria Militsi

27 October 2011

LAST CHANCE TO SEE: CAROLINE & MAISIE BROADHEAD AND RENATO BEZERRA DE MELLO

Both of our fantastic current shows will end this Saturday 29th October, so you have just over two days left to come along and have a look!

For more information please visit our website

'Taking the Chair' installation shot
Works L-R: Caroline Broadhead, 'Light Interrupted', 'Collapsing Chair' and
'Throne Down' (all 2011)
photo © Philip Sayer courtesy of Marsden Woo Gallery

Maisie Broadhead, 'Wine Tasting' (2011)
image © Maisie Broadhead

Renato Bezerra de Mello, 'Concertina Cashinas' (2011)
photo © Philip Sayer courtesy of Marsden Woo Gallery

21 October 2011

FROM OUR ARCHIVES: ALISON BRITTON 'UNFORESEEN EVENTS'

Alison Britton's last show here at Marsden Woo Gallery was Unforeseen Events in 2009, a joint exhibition with Norwegian ceramic artist Marit Tingleff.

Both Britton's sculptural vessel forms and Tingleff's large-scale, wall-mounted ceramic plates featured the painterly application of colourful glazes and explored the process of working towards unexpected or surprising results.

Alison's next show, 16 February - 17 March 2012, will consist of two series of pots that explore her ongoing fascination with the dualities of disjunction and flow. Please follow this link to view a press release.

'Unforeseen events' installation view September 2009
photo © Philip Sayer

Detail shot of a ceramic piece by Alison Britton
photo © Philip Sayer

Alison Britton, 'Tall Scrawl' (2009) ceramic
photo © Philip Sayer

Marit Tingleff, 'Square Series - Turquoise' (2009) ceramic
photo © Philip Sayer

20 October 2011

SPOTLIGHT: CAROL McNICOLL 'OXEN IN THE GARDEN'

Some lovely images from our archives of Carol McNicoll's 'Oxen in the Garden' (2005).

Carol will be showing a brand new series of works alongside paintings by Jacqueline Poncelet and furniture by Sam Scott in the upcoming exhibition Ideal Home, taking place in our main gallery from 3 November - 22 December 2011.

An interview with Carol at her London studio was also featured in the first episode of the three-part BBC documentary Ceramics: A Fragile History (Episode 1: The Story of Clay), available to view on BBC iPlayer until 31st October 2011.

For more information about 'Ideal Home' please follow this link.

4 October 2011

'TAKING THE CHAIR' FEATURE ON YATZER.COM

Yatzer.com has just published an in depth feature about Caroline and Maisie Broadhead's current show in our main gallery, Taking the Chair, with accompanying interview by Stefania Vourazeri.

To view the full article please follow this link.