A new series of artwork will be presented at the Lowry bringing together three artists through shared interests.
The trio of concurrent solo exhibitions will be titled ‘Local / National / International’, and will display the ambitious art in the North of England.
The exhibition will be on display until Sunday 16 February, will display artwork in Salford for the first time, revealing the similarities and overlaps in their practices.
The art presented at the Lowry has been curated by Aliyah Hussain, Paloma Proudfoot, and Renee So who all use ceramics as a vehicle for imaginative storytelling.
Through their artwork they are able to construct contemporary narratives through objects, tableaus and immersive environments.
Throughout their work they are able to display feminist ideas, with gender norms being challenged through engaging, seductive and sometimes humorous ways.
One of the artists include the work of Aliyah Hussain, who works across ceramics, sound and collage, drawing on themes found in feminist science fiction and speculative storytelling.
In the exhibition, Salford residents will be able to visit her work ‘She was waiting for her roots’.
In the art piece, she has taken inspiration from Anne Richter’s 1967 science fiction short story The Sleep of Plants, where the unnamed female protagonist willfully transforms into a plant, seeking a life of solitude.
Guests will be able to see her work through an immersive experience with an ambient soundtrack exploring the world of plant horror, transformation and feminist refusal.
Another of the featuring artists is Paloma Proudfoot, who will display her work ‘Lay Figure’.
Throughout her work Paloma has applied her knowledge of clothes patternmaking to inform new and unique ways of constructing her complex ceramic friezes and sculpture.
The art itself draws on the research into the history of medicine and treatment towards female patients.
Proudfoot has gained inspiration from alpêtrière Hospital in 19th century Paris, which became the epicentre for the study of hysteria
The exhibition of her work will focus on the pioneering and controversial methods at the Salpêtrière included utilising artistic mediums such as plaster casting, photography and sound which were used to diagnose, demonstrate and treat symptoms.
The artistic vision will also show a collaboration of two performances by Aniela Piasecka, and composer Ailie Ormston
The pair have utilised recordings from the ceramics to create an unsettling and eery score accompanying the performance.
The art exhibition of Local / National / International will also feature the piece, ‘The Essence’ curated by Renee So.
Guests of the Lowry will be able to see the works of Renee who engages with traditional craft forms such as ceramics, tiled wall works, stained glass and hand-woven textiles.
Throughout her work she is able to use historic influence with a contemporary feminist lens to create playful and timeless sculptures.
In her work she uses influence from China, using a a series of oversized perfume bottles, drawing on the design cues that modern perfume bottles take from their predecessor, snuff bottles.
The influence from Qing dynasty China can today be found in the collections of many Western museums.
Throughout her work she also uses her work to reflect the controversial advertising campaigns, which have predominantly featured exoticised white female models.
In her work she has created a new tiled mosaic and a ‘magic mirror’ – an optical phenomena that was a popular item in China during the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 24 AD).
The opticall illusion reflects the earliest documentation of cuju – an ancient Chinese ball game which predates football.
The art she creates will be a response to an early image of a woman playing the game – a time where it was a sport enjoyed by every class in society.
The art exhibition will be able to attend until Sunday 16 February – with guests being able to the ambitious artworks that aim to use ceramics as a vehicle for imaginative storytelling and feminist ideas recur throughout.
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