'THE HISTORY OF THE FUTURE HAS BEEN WRITTEN'

8th November - 14th December 2008

Artist Fiona Shaw is to produce an installation. The work takes the premise of the remains of a mysterious act of destruction having taken place in the gallery. Fiona States

"The aim is to create a transformative experiential space, allowing for an intriguing and unsettling encounter with the work and the enviroment of the gallery."

The installation will take the form of a 'snapshot' of the moment of impact and the ensuing scattering of various objects in the wake of the destruction. Therefore, a distinct feature of the piece will be the arrangement of objects in unlikely and unexpectedly balanced positions, awkward and elegant, apparently gravity-defying, with an eerie sense of 'magic'. 

Rising Tide

4th October - 2nd November  2008

Artist Cathy Kelly has produced a series of paintings depicting beautiful women, decoration and panic. Cathy kelly tells the curator David Parkinson "I enjoy creating a sense of tension between the appearance, adverse weather conditions and held poses".

Carolyn Sillis: On A Plate

30th Aug - 28th Sept

The artist Carolyn Sillis has completed a series of work based on how women use their own sexuality to get what they want or manipulate their partner in emotional blackmail. Carolyn states
" My intentions have been to create the seedier and darker side of sex in a visual language . The carving I have done represents a plate and the self loathing some women experience through sex."

David Parkinson: Secrets

June14th - July20th

The artist David Parkinson gathers information through questionnaires and written statements to investigate facets of people's identities and personality. He then combines the information gathered with his creativity to represent the intangible through a visual language.

The body of work currently being exhibited Secrets is an attempt to look at the darker side of human nature. David Parkinson states "I wanted to look at people's darker sides of their personality and decided the best way would be to collect people's secrets and try and interpret onto canvass their attempts to cover up and hide them from over people."

This work combines a number of techniques and methods in painting to achieve the idea behind the concept, the result is a very contemporary and raw body of work.