Alice Macdonald & Jessica Jane Charleston // Looking Glass

About

Alice Macdonald and Jessica Jane Charleston have been drawing together since 2016 when they first met at The Royal Drawing School in London. In the upcoming exhibition, Looking Glass, at Weald Contemporary we see them deepen this connection, by spending time exploring the self-portrait and the intimacy of really looking at another person.

Whether gazing through a window or into a mirror, we are confronted with our own image and, by extension, our place in the world. Glass thus becomes a metaphor for introspection and contemplation, inviting us to consider our relationship to the world around us and one another. The connection between glass and the act of looking is intrinsic. A mirror is a glass made into a tool for looking at oneself, or around corners. We use a glass prism to reveal the colours of light. Eyeglasses, telescopes, microscopes, or binoculars, these are all tools for seeing more than our eyes can see on their own.

Similarly, the process of drawing can also be used as a tool for seeing and looking. A way of revealing more than what is literally there.

Please join us for the Private view Friday 17th May 6pm-8pm, then open from 10am Saturday 18th May