Lens & Chisel
MantlePiece
PREVIEW
Sunday 29th November | 2pm - 4pm
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Exhibition Open
Saturday 5th December | 2pm – 4pm
Sunday 6th December | 2pm – 4pm
Monday 7th December | 10am – 2pm
Saturday 12th December | 2pm – 4pm
Sunday 13th December | 2pm – 4pm
Monday 14th December | 10am – 2pmExhibition remains Open By Appointment until
Monday 29th February 2016 -
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Adam Glatherine (b. UK 1983) is a Leeds based interdisciplinary artist whose work addresses our perception of what it means to exist. Through the creation of illuminated forms his work intuitively explores our connection with the physical world and how we interact with it. Glatherine works as much with scientists as he does with other artists, due to the natural overlap in both the theory and practice of artistic exploration. Glatherine’s practice involves, amongst other things, light installations, photography and sculptural forms.
His exhibitions and projects have included Northern Light (w/ Dave Lynch): Corn Exchange, Leeds 2016; Light Boat - Light Up Lancaster: Lancaster, UK 2016; Night of Heritage Light (NoHL) - Fountains Abbey (w/ David Battersby): Fountains Abbey, Leeds 2016; MantlePiece (w/ Keith Ackerman as Lens&Chisel): BasementArtsProject, Leeds 2015; Abstract Landscapes (w/ Keith Ackerman as Lens&Chisel); Old Library Gallery, Leeds 2014
Lighting Design Award for NoHL (w/ David Battersby) Heritage Project of the Year 2016 http://awards.lighting.co.uk/winners-2016
darc Award - NoHL (w/ David Battersby) Best Creative Lighting Event http://darcawards.com/architectural/night-of-heritage-light-uk/
Glatherine also lectures and writes on the subject of lighting design
WEBSITE: www.lensand.org
CONTACT: adam@lensandchisel.com
TWITTER: @LensAndChisel
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/adamglatherine/
‘MantlePiece’ is a sculptural installation by Leeds based duo Lens&Chisel; sculptor Keith Ackerman and light artist / photographer Adam Glatherine. For this exhibition Lens&Chisel step outside of the more conventional aspects of their practice to create an installation that highlights the place of marble in contemporary sculpture.
‘MantlePiece’ focuses not only on the finished object but also on the journey of both material and artists in the process of creating their artworks. Forged by intense heat and pressure over millions of years beneath the surface of the earth, Carrara marble is a material revered by sculptors and historians; this new site-specific installation takes us on a subterranean journey from marble to light, using each along the way to reveal often unseen qualities of the other.
All photographs by Adam Glatherine
“Stone is the direct link to the heart of matter—a molecular link. When I tap it, I get an echo of that which we are. Then, the whole universe has resonance.”
Further Reading on this project can be found in the publication Hypogeal. The publication is now out-of-print but can be found in the Libraries of the Henry Moore Institute and Leeds Beckett University.