“Flying by the seat of your pants” previewed &
christened the newly established ‘Cross Street Gallery” in Standish on June 16th
to a delighted crowd of art lovers from far & wide.
You first enter the gallery space to a stark, almost coral
like sculpted piece, white against white, the various surfaces of the work
emphasising the depth & variation in texture inviting you to look deeper
and longer, before pulling yourself away to venture further into the
exhibition..
Kat Button’s organically rich & intricately detailed
sculptures, which she terms ‘nests’ hang from the ceiling in an explosion of
bright vivid colours & tactile fabrics against the stark white gallery
walls, and you feel yourself completely immersed in an alien world, albeit one
in which you are more than happy to linger and explore..
In the corner a photograph of a sunken trolley, lost in a
barnacled abandonment, it is then realised & brought back to life, covered
in a colourful creeping array of pseudo underwater life forms tightly woven
into the metal rib cage of this re-surfaced shiny beast.
On another wall a completely interactive sculptural painting
evolves in a wave of changing colour as visitors to the exhibition reflect and
play with the various tiny circles that make up the piece.
There is so much more to see, including a section of the
exhibition inviting visitors to make their own mini postcard spin paintings.
“Flying by the seat of your pants” by Kat Button is on till
the end of July at the new Cross Street Gallery, Standish.
Come and see, play,
feel & interact.
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