Co-curated with Kara Pinakis for FORM.
Paper, Cotton, Leather, Flowers, Wood was co-curated with Kara Pinakis, to celebrate the fifth anniversary of FORM's Midland Atelier, an art and design studio hub occupying a cluster of buildings in the former Midland Railway Workshops (the southern hemisphere's most significant remaining collection of Edwardian industrial buildings).
A group of artists with links to the Midland region were each allocated a site within the workshops to respond to, and one of the first five traditional anniversary gifts as their theme. The artists are all known for their innovative use of the material in question, drawing attention to the site's century-long history of hand-skilled labour.
Susan Flavell's Cerberus was created from cardboard for the site's former Foundry as the Paper component of the exhibition.
Cerberus, Susan Flavell, cardboard, glue and mixed media, 2013, photograph by Bewley Shaylor, c/o FORM.
Cerberus, Susan Flavell, cardboard, glue and mixed media in the Midland Railway Workshops' Foundry, 2013, photograph by Bewley Shaylor, c/o FORM.
Cerberus, Susan Flavell, cardboard, glue and mixed media in the Midland Railway Workshops' Foundry, 2013, photograph by Bewley Shaylor, c/o FORM.
Cotton, installation by Nalda Searles in the Midland Railway Workshops' Nurses' Post, 2013, photograph by Bewley Shaylor, c/o FORM.
Nalda Searles discusses her Cotton installation in the Midland Railway Workshops' Nurses' Post, 2013, photograph by the Curator.
Relics, Remnants and Remains installation by Tanija and Graham Carr in the Midland Railway Workshops Power House, 2013, photograph by Bewley Shaylor, c/o FORM.
Relics, Remnants and Remains installation by Tanija and Graham Carr in the Midland Railway Workshops Power House, 2013, photograph by Bewley Shaylor, c/o FORM.
Catalogued 2013/2, Tanija and Graham Carr, leather and acrylic paint, 2013, photograph by Victor France, c/o the artists.
Relics, Remnants and Remains installation by Tanija and Graham Carr in the Midland Railway Workshops Power House, 2013, photograph by Bewley Shaylor, c/o FORM.
Flora Incognita, projection by Eva Fernandez in the Midland Railway Workshops' Elements Store, 2013, photograph by Bewley Shaylor, c/o FORM.
Flora Incognita, projection by Eva Fernandez in the Midland Railway Workshops' Elements Store, 2013, photograph c/o the artist.
Assemblages and photographs by Eva Fernandez in the Midland Railway Workshops' Pattern Shop, 2013, photograph by Bewley Shaylor, courtesy of FORM.
Assemblages and photographs by Eva Fernandez in the Midland Railway Workshops' Pattern Shop, 2013, photograph by Bewley Shaylor, courtesy of FORM.
Eva Fernandez discusses her Wood installation in the Midland Railway Workshops' Pattern Shop, 2013, photograph by the Curator.
Open studio display by designers in residence at the Midland Railway Workshops' Pattern Shop, 2013, photograph by Matt Biotech, c/o FORM.