Abstract
Susie MacMurray’s Shell installation manifests in Pallant House, Chichester, like some pulsing exotica, a heavily-textured wall-paper, darkly decorative, heavily luxurious, broodingly present, with more than a hint of the uncanny or the gothic. A remarkable undertaking by an artist of significance, this work’s life-span was just one year, and then it disappeared, leaving no physical trace, but undoubtedly contributing is a much less tangible way to an already rich layering of narrative within this special space... This commissioned catalogue essay was published by Pallant House / Arts Council England to accompany the exhibition.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Arts Council of England; Pallant House, Chichester, UK |
| Place of Publication | UK |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Bibliographical note
© Dr Catherine Harper. This catalogue essay is also web published onwww.susiemacmurray.co.uk/pages/shell.html
Keywords
- susie macmurray
- installation
- mussel shells
- velvet
- textile
- Pallant House
- exotica
- decorative
- uncanny
- gothic
- materials
- site-specific
- histories
- emotion
- location
- narratives
- obsessive
- craft
- time
- memento mori
- mourning
- gender
- class