Exhibition
Charlotte Edsell, Below Another Sky
04 Apr 2020 – 02 May 2020
Candida Stevens Gallery
Chichester, United Kingdom
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Breath I, 2019, Cast bronze on oak base, 33 x 19 x 17 cm, Edition 1/7
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Breath V, 2019, Cast bronze on oak base, 33 x 19 x 17 cm, Edition 1/7
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Out of Mind I, 2018, Stone, 19 x 38 x 17 cm
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No Recollection, 2020, Portland stone, 25 x 22 x 21 cm
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Heart I, 2019, Charred English Oak, 21 x 17 x 15 cm
Exhibition
Lawrence Dicks, Breathe
4 Apr 2020 – 2 May 2020
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Address
- 12 Northgate
- Chichester
West Sussex - PO19 1BA
- United Kingdom
Event map
Lawrence Dicks’ new sculptures are concerned with the experience of being alive. The title of this body of work, Breathe, originates in an observation of his own breath.
About
Lawrence describes a cold November walk on Climping beach near his home in West Sussex, how he was conscious of the process of walking, heel to toe, heel to toe, breathing the cold, cold air and noticing this shape, this great plume of smoke as his breath became vapour and was gone.The bronzes, Breathe 1-5 capture this momentary state. Is it possible to freeze a moment, to capture a memory in physical form, is it possible to know what breath looks like.
The stone works No Recollection and Until Now also connect to Lawrence’s home in Sussex and his immediate surroundings; beach pebbles, rocks and sea. The painstaking carving of the Portland stone is reminiscent of familiar shapes, holes left from pebbles, the semi-circular dent left in the sand by the tread of a foot. There are thousands of these indentations which create a surface that will never be stilled. The surface responds to natural light with everchanging shadows and a tessellation of light, a little reminiscent of the sun on the sea, the rays forever projecting outward. The engraved lines traced into the stone by the tools used by the artist are delicate, they feel like drawn lines. Drawing is part of Lawrence’s practice and helps him to understand space, space that he is often trying to ‘empty’.
Lawrence talks about the ‘manipulation of stuff’, but the ‘stuff’ he is referring to is his all-important materials that are critical to the success of the work. Lawrence has invested a great deal of time and research into what ‘stuff’ works best for expressing this work. Out of Mind I & II are made with stone from Broadmoor Prison. This indicates how important the material is in delivering the message. Why are we alive? And what is it like?
