Colour
catalogue available throughout the exhibition
Meryl
Ainslie, Alan Bond, May Cornet, Dawn Shorten, Heather Libson,
Stuart Mayes, Paul Danks, Stephen Felmingham, Ryan Durrant,
Peter Benson, Maslen & Mehra, Jill Townsley
Hosted
by Seven Seven Contemporary Art. Curated by Alan Bond
Mirror
II Nature is an exhibition of 14 artists making work that
explores the representation of nature within urban contexts.
A
remote controlled cloud by Dawn Shorten patrols
the gallery, Meryl Ainslie shows a life-size drawing
of an apple tree presented alongside a video projection of the
same tree in a gale. May Cornet shows delicately
observed silhouettes of seedlings presented in a perspex plant
stand. Stuart Mayes builds a forest of chairs
on stilts. Maslen & Mehra have created
pigeon sculptures titled the Dirty Dozen shown photographed
at Trafalgar Square. Alan Bond will show paintings that
refer to microscopic or cosmic structures. Ryan Durrant's
physical paintings refer to the experience of observation and
variation within similar forms. Peter Benson's photographs
of ancient museum cases show the futility of attempting to preserve
transient beauty. Paul Danks reinterprets Gainsborough
in a large triptych. Heather Libson's paintings represent
nature seen from a speeding car. Stephen Felmingham searches
for sounds in the ether and Jill Townsley constructs
bales that are both bucolic and industrial.
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