Deep Looking, Looking Deep

An initial review of the works i choose for deep looking.

 

Seeing work in a gallery, out of the studio, allows a more dispassionate assessment.  The pain of birthing, the struggle of making has dissipated and the pieces reveal themselves more fully.

The image shows a sculpture of hammered steel chain and cubes made of folded etchings hanging in front of a plain wall

Concatenation (2023), Etchings on paper, hammered steel, wire

The image is of a sculpture of a monochrome frame of book cloth and drypoint prints enclosing a plaster block enhanced with a print of a net.

Cube I, print on paper and plaster (2024)

Seeing my work displayed alongside Dawn Langley’s delicately observed photographs and Janet McWilliam’s bold painting, brought previously unseen or overlooked elements into focus - new avenues to explore perhaps?I chose to exhibit a selection of work made over a period time.  Seeing pieces alongside each other was

the perfect opportunity to reflect, to examine the cohesive thread which runs through the pieces and equally to reflect on the asides which merit further investigation, or not. It is always intriguing to see how each work holds the seed of the next, ideas tumbling along, never stagnating, offering new perspectives.

The image presents a gallery view with 3 small sculptures on plinths in the foreground and 3 dimensional wall hung pieces in the background.

Some of my work shown in Deep Looking in The Art Fund Gallery, The Lightbox, Woking

Seeing my work displayed alongside Dawn Langley’s delicately observed photographs and Janet McWilliam’s bold painting brought previously unseen or overlooked elements into focus - new avenues to explore perhaps?

Consuelo Simpson is an artist and maker living and working in Hampshire. Her multidisciplinary practice is focused on seeking moments of enchantment and on reaching an accommodation with the world.

She remains obsessed with string!