My work focuses on an amalgamation of art and anthropology, which has stemmed from living and working in Kenya on a two year contract teaching art (1988-1990). l have been investigating Mbari houses in Nigeria for my next body of work, which was supported by the Arts Council England.
Significantly my output nationally and internationally has included showing at the DFN Gallery, SoHo, New York, the National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, the Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London, the National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and I have had work archived by Documenta 11, Kassell, Germany and the V & A Museum, London. I have received awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Board and the Arts Council England, which help support my work along with part-time teaching/lecturing.
- Kate Parsons
Presence/Absence II
Presence/Absence II is a floor construction that has been designed to meld into the fabric of the building. However floor boards have been removed, creating a sense of uncertainty and uneasiness. In the gaps between the floorboards, undulating, dry, red soil sprouts green shoots and reveals leaden remains. The earth is fertile as it sprouts life, though seems redundant in the gallery environment; the artefacts show the presence and absence of human existence through the traces of negative impressions in the clay; the structure appears part of the gallery environment, though it is contesting this. All these factors contribute to a paradoxical tension between presence and absence, hope and fear.
Presence/Absence II Presence/Absence II is a floor construction that has been designed to meld into the fabric of the building. However floor boards have been removed, creating a sense of uncertainty and uneasiness. In the gaps between the floorboards, undulating, dry, red soil sprouts green shoots and reveals leaden remains. The earth is fertile as it sprouts life, though seems redundant in the gallery environment; the artefacts show the presence and absence of human existence through the traces of negative impressions in the clay; the structure appears part of the gallery environment, though it is contesting this. All these factors contribute to a paradoxical tension between presence and absence, hope and fear.
- Ruth Gooding
Recent Exhibitions
2008 Uncommon Ground, Howard Gardens Gallery, UWIC, Cardiff
2008 Spike Island Open Studios, Bristol
2007 Holman Fenwick & Willan, Lloyds Avenue, London EC3
Kate Parsons' website
Kate Parsons' blog; detailing her recent and ongoing work in Nigeria
Spike Island
2008 Uncommon Ground, Howard Gardens Gallery, UWIC, Cardiff
2008 Spike Island Open Studios, Bristol
2007 Holman Fenwick & Willan, Lloyds Avenue, London EC3
Kate Parsons' website
Kate Parsons' blog; detailing her recent and ongoing work in Nigeria
Spike Island
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