Exhibition
Objects of Celebration | Claire Heminsley
25 Nov 2017 – 4 Mar 2018
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Monday
- 06:30 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Cost of entry
FREE
Address
- 10 Dumbreck Road
- Bellahouston Park
- Glasgow
Scotland - G41 5BW
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Ibrox Station
Studio Pavilion at House for an Art Lover is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by artist Claire Heminsley exploring the rituals of celebration.
About
Objects of Celebration
A solo exhibition by Claire Heminsley
25 November 2017 – 04 March 2018
Preview: Friday 24 November 6.30-8.30pm
Studio Pavilion at House for an Art Lover is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by artist Claire Heminsley exploring the rituals of celebration.
Objects of Celebration is a celebration of many things. It begins very personally, with Heminsley generously interrogating the act of being an artist, of drawing, thinking and making. By opening up to an audience her own creative working process and celebrating this Heminsley has produced an exhibition that explores a subject that is far more universal; a subject that connects people across lives, cultures and societies and acts as a refreshing positive counterpoint to the troubles and turmoil’s that occur within the world.
In her work Heminsley weaves together objects and images that have been lovingly collected – some of these are imbued with personal stories and histories, some may be socially or politically loaded; others are merely trivial, throwaway items that simply look appealing or puzzling. For Objects of Celebration these objects and images pieced and placed together become almost symbolic and provide us with a variety of social references reminiscent from various world cultures and rituals of celebration, with an over-arching focus on decoration and movement.
Underpinning all of Heminsley’s arts practice is drawing. It is with the drawn line and mark that she begins and this then extends its self into her printmaking, stitched textiles and collages. This exhibition is dominated by a new sculptural work Things on Springs, 2017 a new departure for Heminsley to be working in three dimensions on an increased scale and ambition.
Claire Heminsley has presented work in solo and group exhibitions in Noyers-sur-Serein, France; Philadelphia Museum of Art & Craft, Philadelphia, USA; Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn New York; Collins Gallery, Glasgow; St Andrews Museum; Fife Contemporary Art and Craft; Itami, Japan and the RSA Edinburgh. Selected commissions include: The Glasshouse Hotel Edinburgh; The Tron Theatre; Woodmansterne Publications Ltd; Northwood collection Ltd; Royal Society of Architects Scotland; BBC Scotland & Kangol Ltd. Heminsley has lectured extensively at Dundee and Angus College, Glasgow School of Art & Cumbria College of Art & Design and currently runs the Community Artspace Off the Rails Arthouse, Ladybank Station, Fife. In 1986 Heminsley established INCAHOOTS a textile design company, specialising in design for print, embroidery and illustrative graphics.
This exhibition is generously supported by a Visual Artist & Craft Award: Fife as well as whole host of family, friends and colleagues who contributed to a Kickstarter campaign.