Archive 2009-10
Elaine Wilson
- Venue: Fine Art Lecture Theatre
- Start: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMT
- End: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT
Elaine Wilson’s work explores received ideas about women and femininity and the perpetuation of romantic and stereotypical ideals most recently through the language and tradition of ornamental sculpture and figurines.
Having worked with clay and ceramic processes for many years Wilson has chosen during her recent research post as Norma Lipman Fellow in Ceramic Sculpture to critically revisit the subtle politics of ceramic ornament and the wider contexts of scopophilia, vanity and the matrix of the gaze. The double action of looking and the relationship between self and ‘otherness’ is explored in ‘Seeing myself Seeing’ two large ceramic figures/figurines which form the centre piece of her exhibition ‘SPOILED’ in The Hatton Gallery (opening 27th November), the collage works which relate to the ceramic sculpture are also concurrently on show at The Globe Gallery.