Past exhibitions and events
INGENIOUS PURSUITS
Sugar Store Gallery
Brewery Arts Centre
Highgate
Kendal
Cumbria
28 November - 26 January 2010
Prints and wall based sculpture. The dichotomy between fine print and sculpture using found objects are key to this exhibition. This work is a response to my personal collection of unusual artefacts and artworks which is the 3 dimensional aspect to my work. It questions my desire, (and others) to collect and accumulate disparate objects and artefacts.The prints are a way of documentation, they are a more personal and spontaneous response than just writing things down and making lists.
Fish and Bones
Mini Print Exhibition 2009/10
Artlink
Hull 4 December - 28 January 2010
Hidden Hare
In Pursuit Of the Strange
Mid Pennine Gallery
Burnley
3 October - 28 November 2009
A series of prints selected by the curator
Cinnamon & Script
Theatre of the Unique
Enter the dimly lit space of the gallery and peer into the dark wood and glass cabinets, encounter curiosities and oddities, old and new, be intrigued by the unusual mix of artefacts and art works. Discover the calcified snail with a man's head, the armadillo basket, the shrunken head, the smoking baby and the richly decorated mace. Absorb the atmosphere of the museumlike space (currently part of a much larger museum), experience the merging of art, science and alchemy.
11 July to 20 September 2009
Buxton Museum and Art Gallery
Terrace Rd, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6DA
Tel. 01298 24658, email buxton.museum@derbyshire.gov.uk
Closed Mondays
FREE
This installation explores my obsession with collecting curious objects. They are placed in odd little cabinets and cases which further enhance their curiousness, positioned behind glass, they are transformed into precious artefacts yet still cling to their inherent history.
The Miraculous Emporium of Amazing Altered Books
An installation curated by Sue Platt for Woodend Artists
Sue Platt built a huge bookcase from recycled materials and she and a number of Woodend artists created over 60 altered books to exhibit on and around it. From flying books to a bureau and chair, to a ballerina, beautifully stitched textile books, origami, interactive telephone book, graffiti, books transformed into 3D landscapes, scrolls, a garden shed, a whole range of techniques and subjects used, some in a flamboyant, decorative approach, whilst others quite understated and subtle, yet thought provoking.
May - August 2009
Woodend Artists Showcase
Sue Platt and other Woodend Artists are exhibiting at the
Angel Urban Gallery
Angel Centre
Salford
until 13-07-09 FREE
www.salfordangel.org.uk
A Personal Response
Sue Platt
3 - 30 April 09
Aubergine and Bronze
Acrylic on canvas
Sue opened her studio again for Art March
Saturday and Sunday 28th and 29th March 2009
The annual event at Woodend Studios when many of the resident artists allow the public into their work spaces to see "How it's done!"
Some of the artists will be demonstrating various techniques which they use to create their work.
Sue will be doing two 15 minute demonstrations each day of Printmaking techniques
To celebrate the opening of Sue's new studio, and to coincide with Woodend Artists 'Gifted' Winter Art Bazaar
An Installation of
"The Bizarre and the Mysterious"
The new studio was transformed into a grotto of bizarre and mysterious artefacts and artworks
Marvel at the preserved mermaid,
Be amazed by the human shrunken head,
Discover the 40 year old jelly baby,
Be transfixed by the sinister shrunken man in the cabinet,
Wonder at the fossilised mutant part man part snail and much more.
Not to mention the Artwork!!!!
See new studio web page
The Miraculous Emporium of Amazing Altered Books
The Emporium was a great success. 18 Woodend Artists took part with a fantastic range of work. From flying books to ballerinas, to graffiti art. They certainly lived up to the name. For those who didn't get to experience it or would like to see is again, the Emporium will be moving on to Ashton under Lyne Central Art Gallery in May 2009 for 3 months. Well worth a visit.
photo by Gabi Coburn