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Post by droow2 on Mar 11, 2010 13:20:40 GMT -8
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Post by sleepboy on Mar 11, 2010 16:38:21 GMT -8
Nice. I like how she has to go to those pigeon shows to gather all the feathers...
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Post by droow2 on Mar 11, 2010 16:56:02 GMT -8
Cool, just read that. She collected them all from South Shields which is where I grew up. I just noticed some of the feathers have text on them, I'm assuming due to them being racing/homing pigeons.
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Post by sleepboy on Mar 24, 2010 10:20:50 GMT -8
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Post by Weezy on Mar 24, 2010 20:23:10 GMT -8
They really do have quality of being alive. And there's a serpentine ominousness about them as much as there is a sense of repose, like they could unfurl from their coil and strike at you if provoked. The fact they're enclosed in glass boxes heightens the effect.
Wonderful.
Weezy
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Post by sleepboy on May 25, 2010 9:45:38 GMT -8
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Post by afroken on May 27, 2010 10:28:01 GMT -8
I came very very close to buying the top piece in the first post. I love Kate's work and it's connotations of the power of genetic science mixed with the Victorian obsession with sideshow curiosities. It's incredibly poetic and powerful.
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Post by Weezy on May 27, 2010 22:11:37 GMT -8
Where does she show? I was on her website and didn't get a sense-- it seemed like she's doing big installation type shows of the type featured above. The work is really unique and powerful.
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Post by afroken on May 28, 2010 5:45:40 GMT -8
She was in a group show in Hoxton Square in London that closed yesterday unfortunately. Get on her mailing list. She's good at keeping people up to date.
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Post by sleepboy on Jun 2, 2010 16:39:16 GMT -8
I came very very close to buying the top piece in the first post. I love Kate's work and it's connotations of the power of genetic science mixed with the Victorian obsession with sideshow curiosities. It's incredibly poetic and powerful. How much do her works go for? |
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Post by LeBasse Projects on Jun 3, 2010 10:37:31 GMT -8
These are fantastic.
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Post by sleepboy on Feb 24, 2011 12:15:49 GMT -8
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Post by afroken on Apr 1, 2011 1:47:07 GMT -8
I went to the opening of AVA's new gallery space in Kings Cross yesterday evening. Seeing MccWire's work on this scale outside the confines of a bell jar is quite unsettling but very very beautiful....   |
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Post by shine166 on Apr 1, 2011 7:31:17 GMT -8
Simply amazing. Was interesting to hear her talk on the culture show a week or 2 back
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Post by lowpro on Apr 1, 2011 18:58:18 GMT -8
These things scare the shit out of me, especially when they're not contained beneath glass. I can only imagine how eerie the come across in person at that larger scale. It's unique artwork like this, and not a painting of a bloody ghoulish figure or something cliche, that truly tap into the ever effective beautiful yet disturbing juxtaposition.
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Post by lowpro on Apr 1, 2011 19:00:07 GMT -8
I came very very close to buying the top piece in the first post. Please excuse the quick double post..But what was the white piece your referring to priced at? Just wondering what the market is for these. |
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Post by afroken on Apr 1, 2011 22:57:52 GMT -8
The medium size pieces, including the white one and the two in the photo under that all tend to be around £12,000. The small ones, like the blue one that Sleepboy posted further down the page are £10,000. Unfortunately at this scale it's no less work for her to produce a small one. Each of these takes her and 2 assistants at least a month to make and, particularly in the case of the blue one, it can take at least a couple of years to collect enough feathers.
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Post by sleepboy on Apr 24, 2011 9:59:19 GMT -8
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Post by sleepboy on Feb 6, 2012 7:37:42 GMT -8
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Post by volvic on Feb 6, 2012 9:41:53 GMT -8
absolutely amazing, anyone have any info on these?
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Post by sleepboy on Jul 10, 2012 15:42:35 GMT -8
Some surprisingly affordable pieces from Kate at an upcoming Coates and Scarry curated show. Contact them if you are interested.   |
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Post by sleepboy on Nov 5, 2012 20:40:54 GMT -8
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Post by sleepboy on Sept 16, 2014 8:26:42 GMT -8
Installation pieces she placed in the crypt of St Mary in the Castle in Hastings for the Coastal Currents Festival of Visual Arts.  
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Post by sleepboy on Oct 16, 2014 21:13:35 GMT -8
Something a little different…   |
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Post by sleepboy on Feb 5, 2015 17:42:54 GMT -8
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