9 - 13 FEBRUARY 2010

WHO WOULD YOU BE WITHOUT YOUR STORY?
New works by Tonia Geddes

Open 10.00am - 4.30pm daily.

The works in this exhibition started with the idea of patched patterned samples and how they can act as a marker of time and a collection of memories.

Personal story is often bound by such memories (and those prompted by photos and stories retold) and can come to represent who one thinks oneself to be. But who are we really if these stories are abandoned? The defining of ourselves through such psychological impressions can leave one either yearning for the past or projecting the mind to a happier more fulfilled future and thereby ignoring the present moment. The Indian sage Sri Ramana Maharshi advocated that all that is required for peace and fulfilment is to take no notice of these narratives but to see only the light behind them - the ultimate truth of the Self. It is these ideas that are explored in ‘who would you be without your story?'.

15 - 21 FEBRUARY 2010

POLITICAL STITCH
Nathan McLachlan and Paul Bunyan

Opening 6.00 - 9.00pm Monday 15 February, then open Tuesday - Saturday 10.00am - 6.00pm and Sunday 10.00am - 4.00pm.

Nathan McLachlan and Paul Bunyan present an exhibition of satirical political paintings and sculpture work using plastic and stitching.

Nathan's acrylic paintings are quick witted insights of some of the world's most colourful political figures from history and today as you have possibly never seen them before. Each has a little twist, see how many you know.

Paul was an undertaker before becoming an artist, and has been using these delicate skills of his past to produce work, which to some, could be quite morbid. Making these 'bodybags' are about the materials and how these can be worked and manipulated. His works range from being on the wall and on the floor, and range in sizes from the imposing, to the smaller, more intimate affective pieces.