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. 24-26th March 2018
Lucy Brown 2018©
The Exhibition install went well, took 8 days working on site. The opening reception took place on Saturday 24th February and I ran a ‘Reconsidering Clothes’ workshop on Wednesday 28th 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 23rd 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/
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
Lucy Brown is hosting a public studio work viewing for
‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’
On Saturday 7th November 2015
12 noon till 5pm at Robertson Yard Studios, 42A Robertson Road, Brighton BN1 5NJ
All Welcome – you are advised to wrap up warm!
Nearest train station; Preston Park – Brighton bus routes; 5 and 5A – On-Street pay and display parking in Robertson Road and surrounding area 1 hour £1 and 2 hours £2.
Please note; Robertson Yard is a private studio complex and not normally open for public visits – there is NO step free access at Robertson Yard. If you require step free access please contact Lucy to discuss your requirements. If you are unable to attend on the 7th then the work can also be viewed by appointment. Please do get in touch if you would like to arrange an individual viewing.
‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’ was originally commissioned by Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery for ‘Lace Works; Contemporary Art & Nottingham Lace’ Exhibition 2012/13. Over the last year Lucy has been stabilizing the work and completing instalment guidelines ready for ‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’ to be handed over to ‘her’ new, permanent home; Nottingham’s’ Contemporary Art Textile Collection.
Lucy would like to thank Deborah Dean, Victoria Hobbs and Pamela Wood at Nottingham Castle, Museums and Galleries for their continued support, patience and agreeing to fund the additional studio space to help with the conclusion of ‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’
Come and see ‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’ fill this space!
Gone as far as we can go in this state, next step is to install you in a space and let you expand….
details about studio viewing of ‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’ to follow shortly…. watch this space!
what i want to move away from (is you) is relying on the nylon thread to pull up seams, necklines, shoulder edges, waist bands, bust bows, hem frills…can warp lace trims and fake seam (bodily) extensions be used instead of nylon thread…
Pink frilly hem – “two seams” ; woven in top area – (blue slip) lop-sided lowest side near Blue petticoat . . . can strap of Blue petticoat be held up by pink frilly hem I wonder…
Stripped down bodily side seams, running stitched into lace trim warp to hold (in place) the white machine-made lace layer of the St Michaels negligée….
Since February this year, 2015; been spending long, endless, still hours re-weaving/stitching /adjusting making sure you are lasting and secure for your new home….. it ‘seams’ that this labour does not show, been feeling like I’m pretending to do some work ! … bit like the emperor’s new clothes……
(my) lace, high- neck dress, size 10, 1980’s St. Michaels; marks & spencer, the skirt of this could be wefted maybe . . .extending white lace warp on ‘shoulders’ to follow through with seams of lace high-neck dress…… evokes the Nottingham Jabots I studied in Nottingham museum’s lace collections, male and female frills to cover, to hide the closure of a shirt, dress or blouse…. Can the white lace warp on shoulders be extended and weft of heather mauve pink skirt added . . . ?
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