A contemporary art exhibition inspired by the surroundings of Hestercombe will showcase the work of three artists this autumn/winter.
Sarah Bennett, Megan Calver and Philippa Lawrence have been directly engaged with Hestercombe House and Gardens over three years and the resulting exhibition has developed from these experiences. It features exhibits using a range of media from photography, sculpture to drawing and text.
Materiality: provisional states runs from November 10 until February 24, 2019, at Hestercombe Gallery and features exhibits using a range of media from photography, sculpture to drawing and text.
Sarah Bennett’s practice investigates institutional sites, both historical and contemporary in UK and international settings, employing a range of artistic research methods and material processes including: digital recording, facsimile object making, observational drawing, and embodied actions. She is Head of School of Art and Architecture at Kingston University, and chairs educational events in art schools, universities and arts organisations in Europe and the USA.
After a deep study of the Hestercombe landscape, Philippa Lawrence offers works that ask us to perceive things we may have overlooked or not considered, tracing humankind’s activity in managing an estate and nature. Philippa has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally, including America, Japan, Czech Republic, Canada, Iceland and Australia.
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