CHATTELS moveable objects

About

Nick and Paul met at Chelsea School of Art in the mid 1980’s and subsequently moved to Stroud, raising their family and sharing studios before separating in 2000. Both artists continue to live and work in the area. The Chapels themselves are in process of regeneration and this collaborative exhibition represents a renewal and rejuvenation for these communal spaces, as well as for the artists. The curation of the disparate spaces will draw on issues of conformity/non-conformity and how the work is viewed in an unconventional setting, reflecting multiple ideas raised by the concept of chattels.

Paul’s work looks at human evolution and behaviour via tools and other objects incongruously embodied in carved stone, celebrating both beauty and damage. Nick works with methodical, repetitive processes and everyday materials attending to peculiarities in commonplace things and the complexity of verbal communication.