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Confluences
Cross Lane Projects is delighted to present a group exhibition bringing together 17 contemporary artists.
Curated by Rebecca Scott, artists include Mark Woods, Jim Whiting, Stella Whalley, Gavin Turk, Rebecca Scott, Lawson Oyekan, Michael Petry, Julia Maddison, Lee Holden, Cathy de Monchaux, Helen Chadwick, Cedric Christie, Louise Bourgeois, Jim Bond, Sooz Belnavis, Atty Bax and Vanya Balogh.
This new exhibition explores the influences and dialogues between Cross Lane Projects’ co-director Mark Woods and the artists who have crossed his path in his years living in London and Cumbria.
Confluences is a development of an idea once floated by an artist who relocated out from London. The idea of artist as tributary was something which resonated to curator Scott: a river branching out into the countryside.
“As life flows on by we pass through certain people’s lives at certain times, we have conversations that formulate thinking, we see exhibitions and meet artists that change and influence us.”
This exhibition, traversing painting, sculpture and installation, is both a reflection and a recognition. It draws together artists whose presence, in different ways, has mattered. Some have collaborated with Woods or Scott, some have shaped the direction of their thinking, others have passed through their lives with lasting impact.
Confluences is not a group show in the traditional sense, but a gathering. Each work comes from an individual perspective, but all of them carry echoes of shared experience. It is shaped in proximity, in affection, in conflict, and in the long, unspoken understandings that pass between artists who keep orbiting one another.
Curated by Rebecca Scott, artists include Mark Woods, Jim Whiting, Stella Whalley, Gavin Turk, Rebecca Scott, Lawson Oyekan, Michael Petry, Julia Maddison, Lee Holden, Cathy de Monchaux, Helen Chadwick, Cedric Christie, Louise Bourgeois, Jim Bond, Sooz Belnavis, Atty Bax and Vanya Balogh.
This new exhibition explores the influences and dialogues between Cross Lane Projects’ co-director Mark Woods and the artists who have crossed his path in his years living in London and Cumbria.
Confluences is a development of an idea once floated by an artist who relocated out from London. The idea of artist as tributary was something which resonated to curator Scott: a river branching out into the countryside.
“As life flows on by we pass through certain people’s lives at certain times, we have conversations that formulate thinking, we see exhibitions and meet artists that change and influence us.”
This exhibition, traversing painting, sculpture and installation, is both a reflection and a recognition. It draws together artists whose presence, in different ways, has mattered. Some have collaborated with Woods or Scott, some have shaped the direction of their thinking, others have passed through their lives with lasting impact.
Confluences is not a group show in the traditional sense, but a gathering. Each work comes from an individual perspective, but all of them carry echoes of shared experience. It is shaped in proximity, in affection, in conflict, and in the long, unspoken understandings that pass between artists who keep orbiting one another.
Wed 23 Jul to Sat 26 Jul, Wed 30 Jul to Sat 2 Aug, Wed 6 Aug to Sat 9 Aug, Wed 13 Aug to Sat 16 Aug, Wed 20 Aug to Sat 23 Aug, Wed 27 Aug to Sat 30 Aug, Wed 3 Sep to Sat 6 Sep, Wed 10 Sep to Sat 13 Sep
Cross Lane Projects
Cross Lane
Kendal Cumbria LA9 5LB
Wednesday 12-5pmThursday 12-5pm
Friday 12-5pm
Saturday 12-5pm
Free Entry
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