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September 21, 2008
Lawty at the Whitworth
Went to see some of Sue Lawty’s recent work at the opening of cloth & culture NOW [not, please note, cloth & culture at any other time, but cloth & culture NOW!]
It didn’t help that the exhibition was split between two different areas of the Whitworth Art Gallery, with endless bland Victorian watercolours between the two.
Blaaah… I’m not going to do a crit. of the show – the show is there [go see it] the work has been chosen for one reaon or another, for better or worse, the curator had a vision. Enough.
What was really good was seeing Sue’s work up there large on a big wall with plenty of white space around it. The gallery context might be a cliché but it still rocks as far as most artists are concerned.
call and response, linen, lead, stone, shadow, Sue Lawty 2008
linen detail
lead detail
stone detail
One day, many years ago, a huge smile bounced into my studio in Leeds, wearing a chunky wool sweater, clutching a pair of knitting needles upon which some of the same sweater’s chunky wool was carefully arranged and knotted as if she was still knitting it.
Behind her she dragged a giant woven Maltesers packet, with knitted Maltesers in attendance. She asked if I could take a photograph of the Maltesers packet. We’ve been friends ever since.
Maltesers, Forrest Mars Sr., 60mm x 130mm, plastic and chocolate, 1936
It’s great to see her work progress over the years and it’s really good to see it in a big gallery getting the recognition it deserves.
Posted by john at September 21, 2008 02:56 PM