Marsden Woo Gallery: NOW OPEN: GORDON BALDWIN 'VESSELS IN WHITE AND BLACK' AND JOHN RAINEY 'HYPER ACTIVITY: SCENES FROM AN OTHER REALITY'

16 February 2013

NOW OPEN: GORDON BALDWIN 'VESSELS IN WHITE AND BLACK' AND JOHN RAINEY 'HYPER ACTIVITY: SCENES FROM AN OTHER REALITY'

Our new exhibitions are now open and feature Gordon Baldwin’s ‘Vessels in White and Black’ in our main gallery, while John Rainey’s ‘Hyper Activity: Scenes From An Other Reality’ takes over the Project Space.

In 'Vessels in White and Black', Gordon Baldwin has created an atmospheric new series made in a spirit of reflection on the highly acclaimed 2012 national touring exhibition 'Objects for a Landscape'. Densely black enclosed forms have a tense, explosive nature and contrast with tall, sensual vessels the colour and texture of deep snow. The exhibition showcases wonderfully stoic and contemplative works from a towering figure of British ceramics.

Meanwhile, in our Project Space, we are delighted to introduce recent RCA graduate John Rainey's first solo show, where he explores how the prevalence of the virtual and the simulated in our daily lives can cause our experiences of ‘reality’ and systems of living to become increasingly hyperreal. His mixed media works investigate themes of identity and synthetic experience using a combination of traditional and digital materials and processes, the installation as a whole carries ideas of multiplicity, observation and self-editing, ideas familiar from our engagement with virtual worlds.

Be sure to see these two fantastically diverse shows.

Here are some incredible installation images from Philip Sayer: