Look Closer: See the Extraordinary
An exciting summer exhibition celebrating four women artists.
Encouraging closer observation and understanding of scientific principles, they each combine elements of art, craft, science and the natural world in their artwork.
Effie Burns uses glass casting and gilding to create exquisite botanical sculptures of natural objects collected locally. She also produces prints of seaweed featuring a solar plate printing technique.
Marine biologist and seaweed specialist Dr Jane Pottas produces cyanotype images of seaweeds she has collected.
Textile artist Dr Elizabeth Gaston uses knit to investigate how the use of colour and light can disrupt our perception of pattern and how this may offer sustainable solutions to the textile industry.
The work of these artists is complemented by artwork from Pannett Art Gallery’s Soper collection, with a close look at the naturalist and artist, Eileen Soper. Her observation of badgers in the wild contributed greatly to scientific knowledge of the animals.
Prior to the exhibition, the artist-scientists worked with women and girls in Whitby’s community, to create further artworks to be displayed in the exhibition.
This project is funded by The Royal Society through a Places of Science grant, which helps communities to engage with their local science stories, and the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Look Closer: See the Extraordinary – Exhibition at Pannett Art Gallery, Pannett Park, Whitby YO21 1RE
Weds 10 July – Sun 25 August 10 – 4.30 (excluding Mondays) Free admission
For more information, contact:
pannett.gallery@whitbytowncouncil.gov.uk
Pannett Art Gallery, Pannett Park, Whitby YO21 1RE
01947 600933
pannett.gallery@whitbytowncouncil.gov.uk
