My ‘(A) bit of skirt’ now on show in The 16th International Triennial of Tapestry. Lodz. 2019

Posted on November 9, 2019 by lucybrownmakes

On Saturday 5th October 2019 The 16th International Triennial of Tapestry; ‘Breaching Borders’ opened at The Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz, Poland. My Artwork “A bit of skirt” is part of this Prestigious Exhibition. With huge thanks to my 27 Crowd funder Supporters (see below), I flew out to Poland on Tues 1^st October 2019 to install my ‘bit of skirt’ in situ, stayed in Lodz for the opening weekend and flew back to the UK on Mon 7^th October 2019. There two other exhibitions which are part of the Triennial are ‘National Exhibition of Polish Tapestry’ curated by Janis Jefferies and ‘National Exhibition of Polish miniature Textiles’ curated by Anna Sliwa.

It is a great honour to be part of this amazing Triennial, and to be exhibiting in such a remarkable, breathtaking venue. ‘A Bit of Skirt” is one of 55 works in the Triennial and I am the Sole Artist representing the UK in the Exhibition. The Triennial is documented indepth in its own publication with supporting essays by Ann Coxon and Marta Kowalewska and also in pictures on the Central Museum’s website, (link below). ‘Breaching Borders’ continues until 15 March 2020.

Images left to right: The 16th International Triennial of Tapestry. Lodz. 2019; Logo. The 16th International Triennial of Tapestry. Lodz. 2019 exhibition overview. The Central Museum of Textiles. Lodz. Outside. Lucy Browns ‘Bit of Skirt’ Overview. Lucy Browns ‘Bit of Skirt’ in situ. Text about Lucy Browns ‘Bit of Skirt’. Lucy Brown talking about her Bit of Skirt 16ITT_6.10.2019. The 16th International Triennial of Tapestry. Lodz. 2019 exhibition overview. The Central Museum of Textiles. Lodz. Bit of Skirt 2nd floor. The 16th International Triennial of Tapestry. Lodz. 2019. Sunday performance by Aleksandra Chciuk and Kuba Krzewinski

The 16th International Triennial; Breaching Borders (16thITT) is on at The Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź. PL 93-034 Łódź, ul. Piotrkowska 282.

5 Oct 2019 to 15 March 2020

https://cmwl.pl/public/galerie/16-miedzynarodowe-triennale-tkaniny,62

My very special thanks to my 27 Crowd Funder Supporters who are: RF Stone, Sam Brown, Hannah Lamb, Judy Dwyer, Teresa Whitfield, Sue Stone, Ann Goddard, Rose Knox-Peebles, Linda Kite, Jane Andrews, Deirdre Figueiredo, Closs & Hamblin, Jan Miller, Wendy Howells, Martina Margetts, Jane Ponsford, Corinne Wooff, Yasmin Canvin, Robert Martin, Alice Crane, Caren Garfen, Jeanette Appleton, Emily Jo Gibbs, Susan D’souza, Penny Burnfield, Julie Bentley, Jae Maries.

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Offerings de-install 2018

Posted on April 23, 2018 by lucybrownmakes

Can’t quite believe it is a month ago that I de-installed Offerings 2018…… time speeds but strangely stretches…The works came down quicker than they went up…… And you bought me to my knees….. Photos from de-installing Offerings at R-Space Gallery. Lisburn. Northern Ireland. 24-26^th March 2018

Lucy Brown 2018©

Offerings de-instalment. 24th – 26th March 2018

Posted on March 19, 2018 by lucybrownmakes

My solo exhibition ‘Offerings’ ends this Friday, 23^rd March. You have until 5pm this day to visit the exhibition on site at R Space Gallery, Lisburn Northern Ireland.

As from Saturday 24^th through to Monday 26^th March I will again be working on site at R Space, de-installing my ‘Offerings’. The Gallery will be open 11am – 5pm on these days for visitors to drop in and ‘meet the artist’ and view the works being de-installed. I hope you can make it.

http://www.rspacelisburn.com/offerings/

Works in the Exhibition are;

Anti form Sculptures; ‘Bit of Skirt.’ ‘Waisted/wasted.’ ‘Since I fell for you’

Wall based sculptures; ‘In 1962 the birth control pill was available but….’ and ‘Legs’

Hair works; ‘Ladies Companions.’ ‘Reclaiming ones….’ ‘When I get older….’ ‘Lippy’ ‘Excess’ ‘Unruly’

Lucy Brown. Offerings Installation view. R Space Gallery 2018. foreground left -Waisted/wasted, right-Bit of Skirt back – Since I fell for you

Lucy Brown. Offerings Installation view. R Space Gallery. 2018. Foreground right Bit of Skirt. left Waisted: wasted. back since I fell for you

Lucy Brown. Offerings. R Space Gallery exterior Lisburn. NI 2018. In window – In 1962 the birth control pill was available but…’

Lucy Brown. Offerings R Space Gallery. far left; wall based hair work. When I get older…. right Waisted; wasted

Lucy Brown Offerings R Space Gallery 2018. left Waisted: wasted detail. right Bit of Skirt. Detail

Lucy Brown. Offerings R space Gallery 2018. Since i fell for you. detail

Offerings Exhibition at R Space Gallery. Lisburn NI is now open!

Posted on March 6, 2018 by lucybrownmakes

The Exhibition install went well, took 8 days working on site. The opening reception took place on Saturday 24^th February and I ran a ‘Reconsidering Clothes’ workshop on Wednesday 28^th February. I have very much enjoyed the process of working with the gallery space. ‘Bit of Skirt’ and ‘waisted: wasted’ were finally completed in the gallery. Photos below are of installing the work, including the much needed scaffolding tower which, at times, seemed to became part of the work. Offerings continues until Friday 23^rd March 2018.

All photos ©Lucy Brown 2018

‘Offerings’ Solo Exhibition by Lucy Brown. 24th Feb – 23rd March 2018. R-Space Gallery Lisburn Northern Ireland http://www.rspacelisburn.com/offerings/

Solo Exhibition and the reveal of Professor Catherine Harper’s essay

Posted on January 18, 2018 by lucybrownmakes

‘Offerings’

Solo Exhibition by Lucy Brown

24th February – 23rd March 2018

R-Space Gallery

32 Castle Street

Lisburn

Northern Ireland

BT27 4XE

Opening reception and artist talk Sat 24^th February 2-4pm – please come and join us

Meet the Artist days 27^th & 28^th February 11am – 5pm

‘Offerings’ will bring together new and existing works from 2010-2017, including woven anti-form sculpture and hair-works. These works uses a mixed palette of old, unwanted clothing, hair and domestic related textile items as raw materials, and often depart from personal or collective experiences and explores themes around the body, femaleness, re-invention, textile histories and craft-labour. As from the 19^th February I will be in residence at R-Space Gallery, installing the exhibition. As part of the exhibition I will be working in the Gallery while open to the public, finalising the installation on 27th and 28th February 2018, drop in and have a chat with me about the work in situ.

I am also delighted to reveal Professor Catherine Harper’s newly written essay titled ‘Lucy Brown: ‘secrets she keeps from herself’ is now available to read on the R-Space Gallery’s Website – http://www.rspacelisburn.com/offerings/

Above image – detail of ‘Bit of Skirt…’ Offerings series. by Lucy Brown

My first ‘2018’ exhibition is a Solo Show !

Posted on December 22, 2017 by lucybrownmakes

‘Offerings’ from 24th February till 23rd March 2018 at R-Space Gallery 32 Castle Street Lisburn Northern Ireland BT27 4XE

http://www.rspacelisburn.com/future-exhibitions2/

The opening of ‘Offerings’ will be on Saturday 24^th February and I will be working in the Gallery for a couple of days the following week…. all welcome and more details to follow in the New Year. All good wishes for the Festive Season.

Final work in situ. Shed Space Gallery Residency. Old Fire Station Gallery, Oxford 2016

Posted on July 7, 2016 by lucybrownmakes

A few photos of the final work in situ…Working live in a gallery is always full of surprises. I had some lovely unexpected conversations with gallery visitors during my two day shed space residency. These exchanges and visitors re-actions to an artist working in the gallery all at some level inform the work made in situ. Thank you to those of you who visited.

Gallery residency – Work in progress; Shed Space Exhibition 2016

Posted on June 27, 2016 by lucybrownmakes

Working with a knicker elastic warp stretched around the gallery architecture steel post and attached to the ‘shed space’ shed, I have been free fall weaving and un- weaving with a mix of nylon undergarments and stockings… starting with the basement foundations of the Former Lucas Underwear Factory building in George Street Oxford…

Above; Shed Space Exhibition. Old Fire Station Gallery Oxford. Left ‘Total Support’ by Lucy Brown

above; Warp in Progress. Lucy Brown. Gallery Residency. Shed Space Exhibition Old Fire Station Gallery Oxford

above left; Lucy Brown weaving in situ. Gallery Residency. Shed Space Exhibition Old Fire Station Gallery Oxford

above right; Back of the former Lucas Underwear factory building. Back of George Street Oxford. Lucy Brown. Research

Next weeks’ Artist Residency…… the things we lost in the fire…. ???

Posted on June 18, 2016 by lucybrownmakes

Just thinking through my forthcoming 2-day Gallery Residency as part of the Shed Space Exhibition at The Old Fire Station, Oxford. My current research has brought me to the former Lucas Underwear factory and its fire of 1965…. In 1965 The Old Fire Station would of still been active as a fire station… The Former Lucas Underwear Factory building still stands opposite the Old Fire Station in George Street, Oxford….. some thing to mull over….

I will be weaving in response to my research findings somewhere in the gallery at The Old fire Station on Friday 24 June & Saturday 25 June, 11am – 6pm. I am also leading a two hour workshop session on Saturday 25 June, 1pm – 3pm.

Shed Space continues until 2^nd July 2016 at The Gallery, Arts at the Old Fire Station (AOFS). 40 George Street, Oxford, OX1 2AQ. Tel 01865 263990

For further information and booking please go to http://www.oldfirestation.org.uk/exhibit/shed-space/

The packing and posting of ‘Total Support’

Posted on May 14, 2016 by lucybrownmakes

I have just packed up and posted a new wall based sculpture titled ‘Total Support’ to Arts at the Old fire Station in Oxford. ‘Total Support’ will be part of ‘Shed Space’ and will be on display from 20 May – 2 July 2016

“Shed Space is a group exhibition installation exploring the notion of the shed as a making space. The shed has been integral to the creative making process throughout history. Examples of those working out of their shed include Harley and Davidson, Hewlett-Packard, Walt Disney, Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl, William Blake, Henry Moore and Tracy Emin. In recent times, the shed has smartened up and undergone a social transformation to become an office, a studio or simply a place to think”.

“Central to the exhibition will be the garden shed built within the Old Fire Station main gallery. Complete with an environmentally sustainable living roof, it will be a sculptural element and a backdrop for visiting artists to use for creative workshops, demonstrations and events”.

As part of the 2-day Meet the Artist residencies I will be weaving in situ somewhere in the gallery on Friday 24 June & Saturday 25 June 2016, 11am – 6pm. I am also leading a two hour workshop on Saturday 25 June 2016, 1pm – 3pm.