Millie Brown

Jodie Carey

Untitled (Laces), 2010, chiffon, bone (each) 225cm x 150cm

Blood Lines, 2009, bandages, steel, blood, plastic tubing

(each) 50cm x 50cm x 225cm

Untitled Installation, 2007, lard, newspaper, blood, tea, coffee

(each) 229cm x 106cm x 100cm

"Jodie Carey's work is often monumental. She creates sculptures that overpower and overwhelm the viewer. Whether suspended or floor-based, the grand scale of her work operates as a shrine to the past and its ongoing resonance in the present.Carey’s sculpture plays with extremes, juxtaposing monumental scale with the intricacy of craftsmanship. Her installations are immersive spaces which confront the viewer with the sheer physicality of the objects and the labour intensity of their construction. It celebrates both life and death and considers what it means to be human."

Jessica Harrison

Fly-Lashes

"My work is based on physiological, philosophical and psychoanalytical research into the body and its senses, focusing in particular on the role of touch in our experience of objects and in the construction of knowledge; how consciousness and perception are choreographed by the senses and spatial form. This is about a perception beginning with the skin rather then the eye, a perception based on the tactile rather than optical space. Through making and sharing these objects, I am hoping to provoke questions in the observer about how their body fits in to the space around it, how space adapts and changes due to our bodies, how things are filtered and communicated through touch."

Julie Rrap

Hairline Crack

1992

Perspex tubing and Hair

Rosie Leventon

THE FRONT ROOM

human hair art

The gallery produced a linked series of conceptual installations by five different artists in their independent artist-led space the front room which is attached to the salt gallery in Hayle, Cornwall. Each installation was shown in the dedicated installation space for two months. The series of exhibitions was united by the idea of women in the front room. The front room of the house is traditionally where the domestic interior meets the outside world. It is used for formal occasions for work and for key life events. The contents of the room can symbolise and represent the aspirations and personality of the occupier of the room. The domestic setting combined with an outward outlook resonates strongly with women, whose life experience often demands a similar approach. Five female artists from around the UK and Europe have been chosen in line with the gallery's selection policy. Their proposals for women in the front room are conceptually and artistically powerful. My idea for the show was very simple. I wanted to create a very ordinary room, and then to introduce something quite extraordinary at one side. A kind of strange wall that appears to be slithering or shuffling through where you least expect it. Its surfaces are covered by thick and dense human hair which smelt of the kind of hair products that are used by both women and men. The waves of the wall increase as they go to the left a bit like a claustrophobic curtain.

Materials: Human hair, armchairs, TV, coffee table, books coke cans etc.

Dimensions: 2.17 x 4.52 x 3.8 m

Andrew Krasnow

48 Star Flag

Map

"The artist creates flags, lampshades, boots and other everyday items from the skin of people who donated their bodies to medical science. Krasnow says that each piece is a statement on America’s ethics. “The objective was to express my concerns about the war and that it would not be conducted in a way that was moral and ethical,” he said. “Since that question wasn’t permitted in a museum, the work became more complex, with all the inherent contradictions of what it means to be an American or, for that matter, to be human."

Suren Manveylan

Suren Manveylan Photography

The Grandmothers Tale

The Grandmothers Tale

When the girl arrived, the bzou called out, "Pull the peg and come in, my child." "Grandmother," said the girl, "Mother sent me here with a galette and a cream." "Put them in the pantry, child. Are you hungry? "Yes, I am, Grandmother." "Then cook the meat that you'll find on the shelf. Are you thirsty?" "Yes, I am, Grandmother." "Then drink the bottle of wine you'll find on the shelf beside it, child." As the young girl cooked and ate the meat, a little cat piped up and cried, "You are eating the flesh are your grandmother!" "Throw your shoe at that noisy cat," said the bzou, and so she did. As she drank the wine, a small bird cried, "You are drinking the blood of your grandmother!" "Throw your other shoe at that noisy bird," said the bzou, and so she did. When she finished her meal, the bzou said, "Are you tired from your journey, child? Then take off your clothes, come to bed, and I shall warm you up." "Where shall I put my apron, Grandmother?" "Throw it on the fire, child, for you won't need it anymore." "Where shall I put my bodice, Grandmother?" "Throw it on the fire, for you won't need it anymore." The girl repeats this question for her skirt, her petticoat, and her stockings. The bzou gives the same answer, and she throws each item on the fire.