Fragments
Event details
Join us for the launch of a thought-provoking exhibition by an eclectic group of artists exploring the theme of 'fragments' in varied media.
Hear from painters and ceramicists who use fragments of the landscape itself in their work via the incorporation of soil, wild clay and natural materials, as well as artists exploring small parts of natural or urban landscapes, the human form or the normally unseen world of microscopic images.
Fragments invites viewers to reflect on the interplay between the physical and the emotional, the individual and the collective, and the enduring human drive to find order and meaning in life’s fragments.
On display are works by seven artists from the Art 9 collective, all inspired by the forces of nature, such as the relentless reshaping of remote shores through coastal erosion, and the way these processes mirror the fluid connections that bind us to the earth.
At the same time, the exhibition delves into interior landscapes - fragments of thought and emotion that emerge from within. Detached from any visual connection to the outer world, these works seek to bring harmony to the chaos of the mind, transforming disarray into unity.
Following the launch talk, there will be an opportunity to browse the exhibition and chat to the artists.
All the work in the exhibition is available to buy, unless annotated.
The exhibition and talk are presented by the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre which is funded by a Leverhulme International Professorship and located in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York.
The Fragments exhibition will run throughout the Festival, except Sundays.
Image credit: Artwork by Sarah Hutt
About the artists
Art 9 is a collective of diverse artists, each contributing their unique vision and practice to the collaborative exhibition Fragments.
Lucy Gow, painter. Lucy’s practice revolves around the landscape, exploring scenes and developing images from the internal emotions, memories, associations and response to a place.
Tina Hazell, painter. Tina is a painter in acrylics that looks at microscopic images as a suspension of shapes with no set orientation and no fixed focal points to create work with diffused repetitions and a weightless, ethereal atmosphere which starts in the science realm but shifts the direction of the subject matter through the processes, interpretation and elective responses.
Sarah Hutt, painter. Sarah is a contemporary landscape artist who captures the ebb and flow of coastlines, seeking a place for souls to rest. She paints to capture the coastal erosion that frames our landscape and the perspective that gives when considering our journey through life.
Angela Parker, painter. Angela is a process painter working with watercolour exploring patterns that form as colours run into each other and spread unpredictably, and highlighting those changes with ink.
Colin Procter, painter. Colin is a painter whose recent work draws on his fascination with the modern world and urban life, deconstructing everyday objects and scenes into fragmented, playful designs that reimagine the familiar as something new and unexpected.
Emma Saul, painter and potter. Inspired by open landscapes and their history and stories, Emma works in oils and mixed media to paint vibrant experimental semi abstracted landscapes that speak to our sense of place. Her ceramics are also landscape based, invoking the land itself in the materials used and developing that love of spontaneity and experimentation.
Katrina Solano, painter. Katrina produces captivating work specialising in vibrant landscapes and abstract creations in acrylics and oils.
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