As part of Sharon Bainbridge (MA Tutor & Curator to name but a few talents!) farewell from Leeds College of Art I put forward some of my work for curation as part of her themed final curatorship 'Curation as Disruption' exhibition. I presented my work unframed and protected between tracing paper; 7 7x7cm pieces of cow parsley immersed in hand made paper. The summer season influenced this work. Cow parsley is in abundance at this time of year and this particular variety Anthriscus sylvestris is so delicate and sensitive in nature I just had to use it in some work. Childhood memories strong while in the making and the tactility of the landscape I explored as a child influenced the poem that accompanied the piece.
The work was handed over and I gave Sharon full rein on how the piece was to be curated and displayed. After a brief discussion with Sharon she was really interested in the tracing paper I had protected the work with and I came away thinking that she may use the paper to present it. This would have been ok by me! Tracing paper has such a translucent quality that evokes a veiled and distant past that once existed I think it would have worked well. Due to being unwell Sharon was unable to curate my work and the Curator team displayed the work framed. This decision still shows the work well. They have been exhibited as 'specimens' which is, what they are. The subject of curation and disruption is what the exhibition is all about and to have two different curators viewing my work in different ways is in itself interesting and extremely flattering! The work got a great response and I was able to chat about it in great detail. Visually the work is uncomplicated and resonates a simplified aesthetic in a complicated 21st century world. The attention to small details and the honing in of sections of work is becoming a theme for me at the moment. As the viewer looks closer questions are asked about what materials are used and how the work is made. This is exactly the response I aim for; looking closer and investigating its materiality. Comments that the pieces were in fact drawings were made because visually, the organic matter is immersed into the paper and both materials become physically connected and appear as one surface.
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