Engage Journal
Thank you to curator Chris Bailkoski for featuring our collaborative residency and exhibition at Auction House in the current Engage Journal 48 in his article – ‘Artist residencies as essential to creative practice: a proposition’.
A strong defence of delicate things was at Auction House from 23 to 27 June 2021
Anna Lucas, Melanie Stidolph and Alice Walton
The installation brought together work from our practice across film, photography and found image, staged within a provisional physical structure. The work was shaped through a shared interest in collaborative looking; working with images that fell loosely within categories of inside & outside, women in the studio, building materials, water, rocks and limbs.
Mid-way through developing the project an image of the artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham became our anchor, influencing our selection and the form of the installation structure.
With many thanks to Auction House for the invitation to be part of their programme and special thanks to Liam Jolly who always expands the possibilities held in a space. Thank you to Rob Airey, Director, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust both for the kind image permission and generous financial support of the exhibition. And thank you to Jessica Akerman for the intel!