'New Work'

The shadow is an indelible image for us all. It’s also something that we cannot possess, cannot hold and cannot own. Commodity is the driver of our daily existence and resources are constantly being co-opted from the realm of the “un-ownable” to that of “bought and sold” in a process of trade that has underpinned our existence for hundreds of years. However, there still remains an idea that there are some things belonging to all people: land, light, water and nature. These have transformed through our complex and insatiable economic systems from resources available to all to resources with commercial value, owned resources, and this is the focus of his recent work.

Sean Slemon’s work, while mostly drawn from nature, is concerned with the ephemeral becoming physical – making the intangible tactile.

It is through simple and subtle gestures that Slemon's concerns are brought to the fore through sculpture, drawing, installation and printmaking. The body of work presented here, still in progress, works towards a reminder that when things that belong to everyone are appropriated for personal gain, something that someone else needs to survive may be taken away from him.

08 July - 18 July