Bed

4 Nov-28 Nov 2021

PV 4 Nov 2021, 5-8pm

Bed, Cerise Window Frame, 2021, oil on canvas. Credit: Lee Maelzer

Overview

Curated by Richard Davey and David Leapman, featuring Jenny Hager, Susie Hamilton, David Leapman, Lee Maelzer.

"Whether it’s a slightly scraped hollow in the ground or an elaborate four poster, a bed is the one piece of furniture that humans throughout history have possessed.
We are almost certain to have been born in a bed and many of us will die in one, and between those two events a bed is a place where all life unfolds.

It is a place to sleep and dream, a place to read and daydream. It is a place to make love, or to hide under the covers - our safe space, where the monsters of childhood imaging cannot find us. But it can also be a sick bed, hospital bed, or our death bed.

This exhibition doesn’t see a bed as a piece of furniture, but as a metaphor for life in all its fullness".

- Richard Davey

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Bed opens on Thursday 4 November 5-8pm, please contact the gallery if you'd like to attend. The curators will be in conversation with the participating artists on Friday 12 November 6.30pm, all welcome.

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