4.5.11

Showcasing 8 recent Fine Art Graduates from The University of Chester
May 5 - May 29, 2011
Contemporary Art Space Chester 
Curated by: Estelle Woolley


Beyond These Walls, featuring new work from 2009 and 2010 Fine Art graduates of The University of Chester.


Caroline Backhouse / Annabelle Buckley / Sandra Christie / Philip Elbourne / James Green / Neil Greenhalgh / Brenda Sharp / Estelle Woolley




Preview night


Caroline Backhouse







"Caroline’s textile pieces hanging from the ceiling brought a certain unease, should you be drawn in? Should you be repulsed? As you first walk into the space you see these pieces as though floating with no visible means of support, deep darks reds with overtures of animal maybe even human intestines hanging as thoughts in your head. Drawn in as you’ll inevitably be, the dryness of these textile pieces brings a dryness to your mouth. You’ll question what you see, you’ll be intrigued by how they are made. You may even see something really quite different from me! You will certainly see something different in another piece by Caroline, a corner of the space filled with her trademark textiles. But here you’ll want to sit in amongst the work, invited as you are to touch it, you should. Soft and delicate, its contrast to its hanging counterparts a wonderful relief."  - Robert James Maclese http://robertjamesmaclese.wordpress.com/




To see more of Caroline's work, visit:
http://artupclose.org/2011/11/02/caroline-backhouse/

Annabelle Buckley


Sandra Christie



http://www.sandrachristiesculpture.co.uk/

Philip Elbourne


http://philipelbourne.blogspot.com/2011/07/giving-up.html





James Green

Neil Greenhalgh


Brenda Sharp


Love Letters
2011 

Estelle Woolley






"...Estelle’s work blended. Its muted tones of white and grey blending with the inevitable white and grey of the gallery space. A comment on prescribed medication? Nurturing and loss? How delicate the facade of life can be propped up by medication? Or just beautifully made little pieces? So wonderfully delicate you feel as though they could fall apart under your gaze. To work with the site so well, so sensitively, requires something extra. These are pieces to be mulled over, exquisite thought process." - Robert James Maclese (Visual Artist) http://robertjamesmaclese.wordpress.com

 www.axisweb.org/artist/estellewoolley