Art
The Space Between
- Artists
- Jemma Grundon, Jessica Bartlett
Exhibition by Bristol-based artists Jemma Grundon and Jessica Bartlett.
The Space Between explores ideas of transitional space and impermanence, as the artists attempt to find sensitive ways in which to capture a moment in time, and explain the aesthetic beauty of memory.
Grundon and Bartlett studied Fine Art together at Bath Spa University. They have discovered over the years that an underlying association with nature and an interest in its ephemeral state connects their work.
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Often, this work is informed by Japanese philosophy and aesthetic – the notions of mono no aware (the impermanence of things) and wabi-sabi (an acceptance of transience and imperfection) are common and interlinking themes.
The exhibition title is also a reference to a stage in their career as artists – both having completing MAs in the last few years, they find themselves at a transitional stage with their work.
Through glass engraving and pyrography Bartlett’s work seeks to explore form, as it evolves from, or into nothingness. Often drawing from memory, photographs and found objects, the burnt or etched mark becomes a metaphor for memory. Her work aims to capture a sense of place or a moment in time and, in turn, convey the intensity of contemplation.
Working with paint and resin, Grundon’s work (Looking Out, detail, pictured) is inspired by transient and ephemeral encounters; a momentary dialogue with a stranger, bubbles being blown, a shaft of sunlight bursting through the gap in the curtains. The re-occurring image of the cloud becomes a meaningful signifier for an on-going interest in an aesthetic sensitivity towards the ephemeral. With this melancholic sensibility, also comes an appreciation of witnessing such a fleeting, temporal occurrence.
The exhibition is supported by a sound installation by musician and composer Jim Cornick, and with written text by art writer Gemma Brace.
Tue 10-Fri 13 11am-6pm / Sat 14 10am-7pm / Sun 15 11am-3pm.
Private View Thur 12 6-9pm. Free entry, all welcome.
For more info, visit Instagram @the_space_between_exhibition, www.jemmagrundon.com and www.jessicabartlettonline.com
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