This collaborative project evokes the shore and natural world of Folkestone within the gallery, using a wide range of materials and textures.
jaggedart presents Story of Place, an exhibition that brings together three artists currently working in Folkestone’s Creative Quarter: Maria Smith, Thurle Wright, and Robyn Neild. All of the women in this show are makers interested in material, texture, and re-crafting their environments.
The artists have all spent time at the cottage of film director Derek Jarman in Dungeness. There, they felt the pull of isolation and the wilderness around them. This shared inspiration manifests in their work where they use material to explore their personal experiences.
A key element of these artists’ work is their recreation and remaking of the material which surrounds them. Each artist utilises found or repurposed materials in order to create a highly personal narrative. Their works all similarly consider the transformation of time and its link to place
- from foraged organic matter to reclaimed books
- how do these works retain a connection to their original forms?
In this collaborative exhibition, the works of the three artists express their individuality while working in communication to convey the similarity in the motivations of each.
The three previously collaborated to display their shared processes at Folkestone Art Gallery in 2023. Now, on display in London, the nuances of place and time can be reinterpreted once again as the works inhabit a new setting.
Opening times | Tuesday - Friday, 11 - 5pm