Together they will explore how nature and place manifests in both artists’ practice and the wider discourse this has in contemporary art and craft movements. The conversation will draw upon the deeply personal narratives that inform the materiality of each artist’s work, and how their chosen mediums allow them to explore both the inner psyche and the external world around them.
The talk will last for 1 hour followed by a 15-minute audience Q & A, and will focus on new works made by both artists specifically for the exhibition.
About Abigail Booth
Abigail Booth works across a material language of textiles, painting, printmaking and natural colour. Her works delve into the internal narratives of our imagination, dreams and memory, as they originate in our interactions with nature. Reflecting on the intrinsic relationship of her materials to the human body and psychological condition she looks to her patchworked canvases as a site where tactile images can manifest and play with our shifting understanding of place and identity.
About Chloé Rosetta Bell
Chloé Rosetta Bell is a Ceramic Artist. Material-focused and primarily working in clay, her practice examines livelihoods dependent on a specific landscape. This is driven by her relationship with the land surrounding her home on the Isle of Wight. Bell studies the materials and narratives connected to the site to inform her collections. By sourcing and transforming these materials, her objects become a tangible celebration of the landscape, placing a subtle but essential emphasis on its sustainability.
About Sarah Griffin
Sarah Griffin is an independent curator and writer specialising in craft, with a background in modern and contemporary art. Exhibitions include Modern Makers, Chatsworth, 2013, Jennifer Lee: the potter's space, Kettle's Yard 2019, and biannual exhibitions at the New Art Centre, Salisbury, since 2010. Most recently Sarah co-edited Richard Batterham, Studio Potter, V&A Publishing 2022. Sarah is on the Craft Acquisitions Advisory Committee of the Contemporary Art Society, trustee of the Crafts Study Centre, Farnham, and Chair of the Board of Trustees of Open School East, Margate.
