The Line Between

'The Line Between' exhibition, held at Staffs university Cadman Studios, took place from 26/04/2013-28/04/2013. This was the finale for 'The Chemical Bath' to exhibit. After a year of development, research, hard work and fun I say a big CONGRATULATIONS to the Level 4 and 5 students on Staffs Fine Art course, It was a successful exhibition! 

Poster for the exhibition.

For Final Chemical Bath

5x Wooden light boxes, Tracing paper, Acryic, Copies of pencil drawing, Iron Bath.

The Chemical Bath was realized in The Line Between exhibition as an artifact and image installation.

Five hand drawn studies of figures in baths are printed on semi-translucent paper. Fleshy tones of acrylic paint leave the orifices of the figures and penetrate through the layers of paper and form into overbearing clouds or figures.

Behind them is a soft central light, like a life force, divine light, aura or x-ray. adjacent to the boxes is a rusted iron bathtub. It lies empty, available as a sarcophagus, coffin or bath in which the viewer can place themselves. Like ecto-plasm brings spirits into our domain, The bath brings the situation of the figures into the viewers domain.

It presents a liminality in its qualities, half translucent, half alive, half science, half spiritual, half in our world and half in the next. 

All seriousness aside, It was a really fun night, My shift on the exhibition bar flew by and I soon joined my friends and family to enjoy/ lark around the exhibition.