It's often said that simplicity requires a lot of hard work. In the case of our installation at Arthouse1 in Bermondsey Sasha and myself were setting up for about a week.
A little longer than we both had expected but this particular exhibition required an exceptional attention to detail. We had decided to keep the ceramic works low to the ground in order for the audience to look at the work from a different perspective.
I personally feel that a lot of galleries show work at eye level on plinths and it's too easy. It's a format we are all far too familiar with and it's not always the best way of really be able to focus on the work.
Perpendicular opened on Thursday evening (9th October) after much help and assistance throughout from both Rebecca Fairman and Adrain Hicks.
Here are a few images of the exhibition in natural daylight on the first day kindly taken by Adrian Hicks.
Image taken by Adrian Hicks 2014
Image taken by Adrian Hicks 2014
Image taken by Adrian Hicks 2014
Image taken by Adrian Hicks 2014
Image taken by Adrian Hicks 2014
Image taken by Adrian Hicks 2014
Image taken by Adrian Hicks 2014
Image taken by Adrian Hicks 2014
Sasha is exhibiting two installations and a series of photographs that have been born from the installations themselves. Through the use of water, light and motion.
These collaborative pieces titled Collection of five #1 and #2 comprise of small ceramic segments that sit along side Sasha'a photography.
There is a strong synthesis between us both particularly through the use of mark making.
Image Taken by Ben Winkley 2014
Image taken by Ben Winkley 2014
My two collections on show are titled Kuro and Shiro are looking at small intimate spaces that contain light.
These objects are the complete opposite to Sasha'a works. They are dense, heavy and present within the space.
There is a physical tactility to them and the process of making is evident within the traces and marks left either by my hand the tools or other processes I have undergone to achieve certain aesthetic qualities.
Sasha's work is more transient it's continuously changing with movement, light and shadow. There is an illusion of something tangible but mark making has been created through an impermanant medium and there is an ethereal quality to the entire body of work showing here.
Perpendicular will be showing at Arthouse1 until 1st November 2014
The gallery is open every Thursday-Sunday from 3pm - 7.30pm or by appointment