SECOND HAND – Part 1 & 2
Featuring: Sovay Berriman, Benedict Davies, Kath Buckler, Naomi Frears, Leila Galloway, Georgia Gendall, Liam Jolly, Dean Knight, Patrick Lowry, Alice Mahoney, Jacqui Orly Ammon, Stuart Robinson, Melanie Stidolph, A Todd, Andy Webster.
PART 1 – GONE TO THE DOGS – K9 CRUSADERS CHARITY SHOP, REDRUTH, CORNWALL
Great invite from Liam Jolly at Auction House to take part in a group exhibition with 15 artists which starts at a charity shop – Gone to the Dogs, Redruth on St Piran’s day – 7th March.
Brilliant opportunity to work with new materials and forms of display in this unique place.🧵🎥🪨
My new work explores scarves as a form with links to resistance, artist’s practice and as identifiers of community. Historical links to artists in Cornwall through the Ascher commissions, which featured a 1947 design by Barbara Hepworth, the proof for which is held at the Hepworth Wakefield. 🪡
The exhibition tests how the meaning of works shifts in different contexts and is part of a year long collaboration with Auction House, Back Lane West and CMR Project Space to change perceptions of contemporary art, making it more open and relevant for a wider audience.
PART 2 – AUCTION HOUSE, REDRUTH, CORNWALL
Moving between contrasting systems of value and display, Second Hand explores how context shapes meaning – from the visual noise of a charity shop to the conventions of the gallery. The project asks artists to present something existing, work with items in the shop or make a light-touch intervention within the non-art space. It invites new audiences to encounter contemporary art and follow it as it relocates to Auction House, making the act of extraction both visible and literal.