Signature in wood | Sarah Myerscough Gallery

24 SEPTEMBER - 13 NOVEMBER 2021

Location : Sarah Myerscough Gallery  The Old Boathouse 1 White Hart Lane SW13 0PX London

Opening times: Monday - Friday 10am - 6pm Saturday 10am - 4pm

Our Ancestral Fossil series is on show alongside the wonderful works of Ernst Gamperl, Christopher Kurtz, Eleanor Lakelin and Julian Watts amongst others.

In the words of Sarah Myerscough Gallery –

“The singular, career-defining pieces of sculptural furniture and objects represented in Signature in Wood push timber to its conceptual and practical limits; in doing so, the artists endeavour to communicate emotionally through making and material. 

At the foundation of each artist's practice is an acutely temporal and spatial relationship to wood. Labour-intensive processes - turning, carving, and sanding - later give way to surface treatments such as polishing, burnishing, dying and liming. Rich and compelling patinas carry subtle aromas and engage us in an instinctually sensory understanding of the work. These deft languages of making are underpinned by complex artistic concerns.

The psychological journey taken by the maker during this sculpting process is often brutal, yet within the same stroke beautiful, delicate and restrained. The final expression enfolds this experience within its fibres, so that the indelible signatures of artist and timber are intertwined and ever-present.”

For enquires about the work or visiting the show please contact info@sarahmyerscough.com