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Lands End, Ikon Gallery

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
2 April to 18 May 2008

Installation view (Gallery 1)

Installation view (Gallery 1)

Installation view (Gallery 1)

Installation detail (Gallery 1)

Installation detail (Gallery 1)

Installation detail (‘Balloon Twins’, 2008)

Installation detail (‘Golden Breeze’, 2008)

Installation detail (‘Yellow Bundle’, 2008)

Installation view (into Gallery 2/3)

Installation view (into Gallery 2/1)

Installation detail, ‘Lands End (Top O’ the Hill & Blunt Beige Hair)’, 2006-8, ‘Nest (Galas)’, 2008, ‘Nest (Jewelled Pheasant)’, 2008

Detail, ‘Lands End (Top O’ the Hill & Blunt Beige Hair)’, 2006-8

Detail, ‘Lands End (Top O’ the Hill & Blunt Beige Hair)’, 2006-8

‘Lands End (Flowergirl)’, 2008

Detail, ‘Lands End (Flowergirl)’, 2008

Detail, ‘Lands End (Rainbow Twins)’, 2008

‘Nest (Galas)’, 2008

Installation detail (Nests Gallery 2)

‘Nest (Balloon Parrot)’, 2008

‘Nest (Corner Cockatoo)’, 2008

An evolving body of work which was reconfigured, added to and re-worked into a series of large scale installations for four public gallery spaces across the UK.

Commissioned by Ikon Gallery and curated by Nigel Prince. The initial research phase was supported by the ACE SW residency at Spike Island, the exhibition and publication was supported by Arts Council England, the Henry Moore Foundation and the Owen Family Trust.

Initial tour:
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham,
2 April to 18 May 2008
Oriel Davies, Newtown,
11 October to 29 November 2008
Spike Island, Bristol,
31 January to 15 March 2009
Grundy Gallery, Blackpool,
28 March to 9 May 2009

Photos: Stuart Whipps, courtesy of Ikon Gallery