This month (January) sees an exciting new group exhibition in the main West Gallery at Quay Arts in Newport.
Titled ‘SIX / :::’ the show features work by six artists selected from the Quay Arts 2021 OPEN who were awarded a supported exhibition.
SIX blends newly created pieces, works in perpetual progress and items from the makers pasts that have worked themselves into the present. Mediums include assemblage, ceramics, print, painting, installation, and film incorporating local clay, found objects, oils, paper, Lego and silver.
SIX includes Jill Wilkinson’s powerful painting ‘Lost in a Lost World’; Shaun Martins’ “Initiating Objects”; the anxious and fragmented paintings of Charles Inge; Lisa Heath’s dramatic “Collision” sculpture; dynamic multi-medium assemblages from David Hamilton; and Fran Farrar’s ‘Catching the Light’ series of abstract etchings.
Collision’ by Lisa Heath, prints by Fran Farrar and installation by Shaun Martin
Unifying the seemingly disparate artists is a sustained, thoughtful, and often experimental exploration of identity, space and sequentiality.
Each of the SIX artists invites viewers to examine the expression of their diverse practices and methodologies and to arrive at their own unique interpretations.
Exhibiting Artists are: Jill Wilkinson, Shaun Martin, Charles Inge, Lisa Heath, David Hamilton and Fran Farrar.
Whitmore: The artists took risks which have really paid off
Ian Whitmore from Quay Arts said,
“The selected artists responded magnificently to the opportunity, despite not knowing each other and working within a limited time frame.
“I took pleasure being part of the development and presentation of existing, recently finished and newly created works going so far as to collaborate with artist Shaun Martin, translocating and reconfiguring a section of his studio whilst he is out of the country.
“The artists and Quay Arts took risks which have really paid off producing a strong, high quality and thought-provoking exhibition.”
Where and when
The exhibition runs from Saturday 8th January to Saturday 5th March 2022. The West Gallery is open Monday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Quay Arts Centre can be found at 15 Sea Street, Newport Harbour PO30 5BD
News shared by Hannah on behalf of Quay Arts. Ed
Image: ‘DK DREAMING’ by Jill Wilkinson, ‘Pandora’s Other Box’ by David Hamilton
Image: © Quay Arts
