Helen Wood
Sphere of Influence / Mirror of Repetition
Opening Night
Tuesday 1st April | 5:30-8:30pm
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Wednesday 2nd April 12-8pm
Thursday 3rd April 10am-2pm
Friday 4th April 10am-2pm
Saturday 5th April 10am-2pm
Sunday 6th April 10am-2pm
Monday 7th April 10am-2pmTuesday 15th April 10am-2pm
Wednesday 16th April 12-8pm
Thursday 17th April 10am-2pm
Good Friday CLOSED
Saturday 19th April 10am-2pm
Easter Sunday CLOSED
Bank Holiday Monday CLOSEDFriday 25th April 10am-2pm
Saturday 26th April 10am-2pm
Sunday 27th April 10am-2pm
Monday 28th April 10am-2pm
Tuesday 29th April 10am-2pm
Wednesday 30th April 12-8pm
Thursday 1st May 10am-2pm -
After graduating in the 1980’s I taught art in secondary schools, then in 1997 joined Printmaking in the Bradford School of Art as a technician. There I was able to support students in all kinds of print processes, and keep a hand in printmaking, which was my specialism at Manchester Polytechnic. I have worked on projects and exhibited whilst in employment. At the end of 2022 I decided to change jobs, reduce my hours, and work locally, in order to have more time to focus on my practice.
My processes are experimental and address the creative possibilities of the everyday, transforming the ordinary and everyday into the curious and extraordinary. My current work is a rediscovery of my drawing practice through the sculptural adaptations of everyday packaging material. In doing so it looks at recycling in a world of consumption.
Sustainability is a word hung on many lips at this moment in time, as the human race struggles to come to terms with its own collective mortality. For some it is a hoax, for others a clarion call to action; but to all it is a question, a debate, an argument to be had. Contemporary Art has for many years looked at the nature of its own creation; the materials used in its production, the life of the object beyond this, and the environmental credentials of the artist as a producer in a world of stuff.
BasementArtsProject has long been fascinated by this apparent dichotomy; art as a humanity that enriches and develops civilisation, or art as pollutant with the power to hasten humanity's end. Will art play a part in our downfall in a world riven by war and consumerism, or rather than being a malign influence is it a voice of concern and reason.
Helen Wood takes the mirror of concern and presents a series of works highlighting the nature of consumption, material production and the paradox that is the notion of green growth.
Lunchtime Conversation
Sunday 4th May | 12-2pm Have lunch with the artist and a tour of the exhibition. 10 places only