Marsden Woo Gallery: September 2012

29 September 2012

SILO STUDIO INTERVIEWED IN DX-LONDON

Attua Aparicio and Oscar Wanless of Silo Studio have been featured in a fantastic interview on new design website DX-London.

In the article the innovative design duo explain their unusual design processes and the ideas behind their work.

http://dx-london.com/hand-made-high-tech-silo-studio/article/

Be sure to visit their current exhibition now showing at Marsden Woo and see their inspired and extraordinary objects for yourself!

Silo Studio 'Doric Light' (2012) photo © Philip Sayer

OPENING NEXT MONTH: NAO MATSUNAGA AT DAIWA FOUNDATION JAPAN HOUSE

Marsden Woo Gallery artist Nao Matsunaga's solo show 'My Primal Memory' will open at Daiwa Foundation Japan House on October 19th and runs until December 13th.

In this exhibition he responds to his ideas and experiences of dual cultural and national identity, reflecting on his formative years growing up in Japan, and the latter part of his childhood in England:

'...as people, we haven't really changed at all over thousands of years, the way we interact, think and feel is still the same, even though the tools we use have changed.'

Please click the following link to find out more about this show:
http://www.dajf.org.uk/exhibition/my-primal-memory-by-nao-matsunaga

Photo © Nao Matsunaga

Matsunaga's Marsden Woo Gallery show 'Stones and Bones' is currently showing in our main gallery space until October 27th.

22 September 2012

NAO MATSUNAGA AND SILO STUDIO NOW SHOWING AT MARSDEN WOO GALLERY

We have returned from our August break with a flourish and are currently showing work from exciting ceramic artist Nao Matsunaga in our main gallery space and exhibiting vibrant design duo Silo Studio in our Project Gallery.

Matsunaga works with dualities and contradictions that include his use of clay with wood, while Silo Studio create radical, functional and decorative domestic objects.

Both exhibitions will run until 27th October, be sure not to miss these captivating shows! Here are some wonderful installation photographs by Philip Sayer:

Nao Matsunaga, installation view (2012), photo © Philip Sayer

Nao Matsunaga, installation view with Bender or Misunderstood to foreground (2012)
photo © Philip Sayer

Silo Studio, Doric Light (2012), photo © Philip Sayer

Silo Studio, installation view (2012), photo © Philip Sayer

5 September 2012

JAMES EVANS 'AMBUGATION' REVIEW IN CERAMIC REVIEW

We were delighted to see such a fantastic review for James Evans' recent Marsden Woo Project Space show 'Ambugation' in the latest issue of Ceramic Review.

"It is a mark of a confident artist to be able to assimilate influences with authority and speak with an individual voice, and Evans' quietly evolving work certainly does this with confidence and maturity." - Ceramic Review, Issue 257

The review is on page 26 and is by Robert Kesseler- visual artist and Professor of Ceramic Art and Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London.

James Evans 'Cleft' (2012) photo @ Philip Sayer

4 September 2012

UPCOMING SHOWS!

We are now back after our Summer break!

Our next exhibitions will be the mixed media and ceramic sculpture of Nao Matsunaga's Stones and Bones in the upstairs gallery and the project space downstairs will feature the playful furniture of exciting design duo Silo Studio.

Both shows open on September 13th, we look forward to seeing you!