Well, today I am spending in Sam Scorer Gallery, Lincoln invigilating the last full day of the latest Contemporary Crafts Network (CCN) exhibition 'Erosion'.
Its been a long two weeks from the set up to take-down tomorrow but from a personal point of view very worthwhile. This is the first exhibition I have co-ordinated for the group since taking over the role of Exhibitions Officer and it has been a fantastic learning curve.
My artists statement for the exhibition reads;
“The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, it’s memorised glances and it’s murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow’s past.” Mary Webb
Whilst on holiday earlier this year I came across this quote its words poignant reminders about the fragility of life.
Our lives are transient, ever moving with families no longer staying in one home for generations. Homes are where families grow, place their roots, live, laugh and love, before upping sticks and moving. Although we start again in a new location, traces of us remain, echoes of past inhabitants linger on the walls, sometimes painted, sometimes papered. How many of us have stripped the walls in preparation of applying new decoration to discover layer upon layer of old wallpaper?
The pieces I am exhibiting ‘remnant’ and ‘murmurs’ pay homage to the erosion of living, reflecting the traces left by people in the spaces they occupy.
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| 'Murmurs' 2011 |
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| 'Remnant' 2011 |
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| 'Erosion' CCN Exhibition @ Sam Scorer Gallery, Lincoln September 2011 |