Denise Hickey Art: sewing

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Friday, 10 September 2010

The study of nests. Work for Ornamental.

The work is taking shape for the group show Ornamental... I am looking at the formation of safe spaces.
(Please excuse the in-need-of-a-paint walls in my studio!)

The study of nests

2010

Used bedding fabric.

Red Gate Gallery presents

‘Ornamental’

An exhibition of contemporary art inspired by pattern, decoration and repetition featuring artists Nicola Anthony, Denise Hickey, Evelin Kasikov, Daisy McMullan, Laura Traver, Alana Tyson

Private View: Friday 29^th October 2010 – 6.00 to 11.00 pm

Exhibition runs from:
Friday 29^th October – Thursday 4^th November 2010

Gallery Opening Hours:
Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri: 11.00 am to 6.30 pm

Sat: 12.30pm - 5.00 pm

Last day of Exhibition: Thursday 4^th November: 10.00am to 5.00pm

Ornamental brings together the work of six female artists whose work centres around themes of decoration, pattern and repetition. The exhibition aims to challenge traditional perceptions of the decorative in a fine art context and open up a wider discourse about gender, politics and the validity of decoration in the broader schema of contemporary art today. The artists’ works are not defined or constrained within traditional media and includes diverse processes such as stitching, sewing, embroidery, cutting, collage, folding and draping.

Thursday, 17 December 2009

same process different outcomes

finding an attachment

2009

used fabric, sewing

I've been trying to focus on subjecting things I make to the same processes and seeing what different outcomes I can get. This is only the start and, probably, the most contrived but i think there is something going on...

just an idea

these pieces were made to send out to a number of art "funding" or "support" agencies (such as councils - you know who you are!) after an incident in the summer where I ended up feeling like a box ticking excercise- but I'm over it now so I wont go into detail!

These are going to be part of my residency exhibition in March and the remainder will be distributed as and when...