Marsden Woo Gallery: May 2014

29 May 2014

NEW PROJECT FROM SILO STUDIO: 'NEWTON'S BUCKET'

Marsden Woo Gallery associated artists Silo Studio presented a new project last week, inspired by an Isaac Newton experiment. This undertaking has led to the creation of a series of fantastically colourful unique bowls.

For a full description and to see this fascinating process please click here.

Stills from 'Newtons Bucket' (2014) © Silo Studio

24 May 2014

SHOWS NOW ON: EMMA WOFFENDEN (MAIN GALLERY) AND JIM WOODALL (PROJECT SPACE)

Some wonderful atmospheric shots by Philip Sayer of our current shows below...

Emma Woffenden continues to explore the figure and fragmented body in her latest sculpture series, 'Falling Hard', using a variety of mixed materials including glass, jesmonite and metal. Her uncanny forms trespass upon the viewer's imagination, casting an oblique light on the human condition.

Our Project Space is host to 'Landscapes of Uncertainty' - an installation by Jim Woodall in which he explores his interest in transitory spaces whose identity changes in accordance with human requirement. Woodall represents the site and events associated with it in an amalgamation of media and forms: video, printmaking, cast concrete objects and a customised odour.

Both exhibitions continue until 21 June 2014.

Installation view of Emma Woffenden, 'Falling Hard' at Marsden Woo Gallery (2014)
photo © Philip Sayer, courtesy of Marsden Woo Gallery

Installation view of Jim Woodall, 'Landscapes of Uncertainty' at Marsden Woo Project Space (2014) photo © Philip Sayer, courtesy of Marsden Woo Gallery

Installation view of Jim Woodall, 'Landscapes of Uncertainty' at Marsden Woo Project Space (2014)
photo © Philip Sayer, courtesy of Marsden Woo Gallery

For more information please see our website:
http://www.marsdenwoo.com/docs/press_woffenden_14.pdf
http://www.marsdenwoo.com/docs/press_woodall_14.pdf

17 May 2014

MARSDEN WOO GALLERY ASSOCIATED ARTIST JAMES THOMPSON UNDERTAKING RESIDENCY AT COVE PARK

James Thompson is currently undertaking the 8 week Crafts Residency at Cove Park run by Marsden Woo Gallery artist Dawn Youll. During the residency he plans to produce a series of new recording tools, process and outcomes developed from the work he showed in the Marsden Woo Project Space last year, focusing on recording places which surround Cove Park.

For more information click the link to the Cove Park website: http://covepark.org/residencies/uk-crafts-residency-2014

See images below of James Thompson's fantastic show, 'Expanding Spaces', which took place in our Project Space in 2013.

James Thompson, installation view of 'Expanding Spaces' (2013)
photo © Philip Sayer, courtesy of Marsden Woo Gallery

8 May 2014

UPCOMING SHOWS: EMMA WOFFENDEN 'FALLING HARD' AND JIM WOODALL 'LANDSCAPES OF UNCERTAINTY'

We have two highly anticipated shows coming up next week. In the main gallery, Emma Woffenden continues to explore the figure and the fragmented body in her latest sculpture series, 'Falling Hard'. Meanwhile, the Project Space will host Jim Woodall's sculpture, photography, video and installation work that reflects upon the personal encounter with the built environment.

Both shows open on 15 May and continue until 21 June 2014.

6 May 2014

LAST WEEK OF CURRENT SHOWS!

Avoid disappointment and visit before 4pm Saturday 10 May to see Sara Radstone's evocative abstract ceramic sculptures in the main gallery, and Patrick Cockram's site-specific collection of works in response to the architecture of our Project Space.

Patrick Cockram, installation view of "Rectangular' (2014) at Marsden Woo Project Space
photo © Philip Sayer, courtesy of Marsden Woo Gallery

Patrick Cockram, 'Drawing Space' installation view of "Rectangular' (2014) at Marsden Woo Project Space
photo © Philip Sayer, courtesy of Marsden Woo Gallery

Patrick Cockram, 'Drawing Blocks' installation view of "Rectangular' (2014) at Marsden Woo Project Space
photo © Philip Sayer, courtesy of Marsden Woo Gallery

3 May 2014

BABS HAENEN SOLO SHOW AT GALERIE VIVID, ROTTERDAM

Marsden Woo Gallery associated artist Babs Haenen has just opened an exhibition at Galerie VIVID in Rotterdam. This new body of work ranges from vertical vessel forms to more complex works composed of various layers of colourful clay.

The show runs until 15 June 2014, for further information please see the gallery website: http://www.galerievivid.com/

Babs Haenen, Desert Blues I (2013)

Babs Haenen, Desert Blues II (2013)

Babs Haenen, Desert Blues IV (2013)