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Rachel Tolputt Bruce (first slide, right) presented collections of ceramic vessels, individual mixed-media pieces and photographs. Rachel plays on the title ‘Vessel’ to convey both ‘container’ and ‘ship’ or ‘boat’.
Penny Thorpe took over Squash Court No. 1 (second slide, top) and ‘performed’ a drawing. Using a scrummage machine, she confronted a ballet dancer in a physically exhausting 15-minute performance piece. Accompanying large-scale drawings furnished the walls of the space, exploring the relationship between brute strength and transient fragility.
Jon Parnham was represented not only by a number of energetic studies of the sea from Porthmeor beach (detail, second slide, bottom), but also by a short film entitled ‘Disorientation’.
Dave Allen showed a series of ‘boxed collections’: found objects, photographs and drawing that explored his intimate knowledge of Scotland (detail, third slide, right). Thoughtful juxtaposition and controlled use of colour gave these pieces a meditative strength.
Vincent Stokes exhibited small paintings on collaged, aged papers (detail, fourth slide, right). A combination of fragments of printed papers and glimpses of an imaginary boat invited close inspection. |