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| 15sl Calculus, Sue Lawty, natural stones on gesso, 78.75" x 118", 2010, $48,000 |
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| 14sl Untitled, Sue Lawty, ramie, raffia, 10.25" x 9" x 1", 2011, $2,450 |
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1sl LINE
Sue Lawty
linen, hemp, paper, cotton tape, pewter
96.75" x 12" x 1.25"
240.5 x 30.5 x 3 cm, 2005
$7,500 |
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7sl LEAD III
Sue Lawty
lead warp and weft,
hand woven & beaten
24" x 18" x 1.5"
2007-2012
$2,400 |
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10sl
STONE CIRCLE
Sue Lawty
natural stones
on gesso
40" x 40" x 1.5"
2004
$7,000 |
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10sl LEAD IV
Sue Lawty
lead warp and weft, hand woven & beaten
24" x 18" x 1.5", 2007
$2,400 |
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2sl Detail TERRA |
Selected collections and exhibition venues:
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England (Concealed-Discovered-Revealed, solo exhibition;acquistion); Bankfield Gallery and Museum, Halifax (Rock-Raffia-Linen-Lead, solo exhibition, permanent collection); Central Museum, of Textiles, Lodz, Poland (International Triennial of Tapestry); Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk England (arttextiles I and 2,traveling exhibitions); the Barbican Centre, London, England (Woven Image: British Contemporary Tapestry, traveling exhibition); Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, Washington (Tapestry: Contemporary Imagery/ Ancient Tradition, traveling exhibition); British Crafts Centre, London, England (Wall Hung Textiles); Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Australia (Sue Lawty: A Woven Language, solo exhibition, artist residency); Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, England (Cloth & Culture NOW, traveling exhibition); Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Ireland (Contemporary Textile Art: International Open). Artist-in Residence: Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England. |
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6sl Detail GRID |
Statement:
‘I seek an understated restraint, balance, tension, rhythm: an essential stillness.
The work is rooted in an emotional, spiritual and physical engagement with the land, drawing on direct experiences of remote, raw, edgy landscape and specifically rock. It has been described as ‘meditative… a deeply contemplative experience’.
Constructed pieces and drawings in two and three dimensions are abstract and minimal. They explore repetition and interval; investigating territories of expression in raphia, hemp, linen, lead, stone or shadow.
Sue Lawty
‘…Lawty is developing links between contemporary use of unconventional materials and traditional practice… Cultural and personal narrative is concerned with the substance of things, the nature of cloth; it’s structure and feel. She is exploring ideas of individuality and universality, a single thread within a piece of cloth, or a single stone on a beach made of millions of stones. The mapping of place and space, the structure of the landscape, the sense of time…’
Professor Lesley Millar |
Cloth and Culture NOW
January 29, 2008 - June 1, 2008
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ UK
T: 01603 593199, http://www.clothandculturenow.com
Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester
Autumn 2008 (additional venues in 2009) |
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The exhibition Cloth & Culture NOW brings together 35 artists from Estonia, Finland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania and the UK, including Agneta Hobin, Merja Winquist and Sue Lawty. Textile has played an important role in the cultural identity of these countries and each of the artists is using that textile history to investigate the importance of specific cultural identity and trans-cultural influences in their work.
Most of the selected artists have made new work for the exhibition, reflecting the social, political and utilitarian history of textile within the context of shifting experiences of culture and tradition. These works include the contemporary use of traditional techniques and materials: knit, tapestry, embroidery, felt making, plus explorations of new materials and technology, large architectural installations, performance work, video, narrative based textiles, decorative textiles.g experiences of culture and tradition. These works include the contemporary use of traditional techniques and materials: knit, tapestry, embroidery, felt making, plus explorations of new materials and technology, large architectural installations, performance work, video, narrative-based textiles, decorative textiles.
A 180-page book, Cloth and Culture NOW, has been published to accompany the exhibit. Order at http://www.clothandculturenow.com/book.html. |
To purchase the artwork of Sue Lawty
or to obtain information about other available works, contact:
Tom Grotta
browngrotta arts
or telephone
tel: 203-834-0623 or fax: 203-762-5981
www.browngrotta.com
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