Jodie Carey
Solomon’s Knot
Jodie Carey works in a wide range of media, exploring ideas of time, memory and materiality, of time passing, memories fading, of absence and loss and ultimately the fragility and vulnerability of human life.
Her brand new works, commissioned and created especially for this exhibition, include a large-scale sculptural installation, with large plaster works meticulously coloured by hand, and another work suspended from the ceiling which has been hand-crocheted by the artist using thread that has been coloured using dyes created from individual flowers. Solomon’s Knot is the name of the stitch used to make this work. As well as being a term deeply rooted in decorative traditions, it also has wide-ranging meanings for different cultures, often related to wisdom, knowledge and immortality as it has no end and no beginning. It is also called the Lover’s Knot as the knot can be interpreted as entwined figures.
Jodie Carey studied at Goldsmith’s College, London (2002-5) and the Royal College of Art (2005-7). She has since exhibited widely. Recent solo exhibitions include Pump House Gallery, London (2011), Art Forum, Berlin (2009) and Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne (2009).
In Conversation
Saturday 24th November, 2pm
Join artist Jodie Carey and Deborah Robinson, Head of Exhibitions for an informal tour of the exhibition.
Please book your free place in advance by calling 01922 654400.
Image credit: Jodie Carey, Elegy, 2012, Digital print from glass plate c1920s, 15 x 12 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
