Dear colleagues,

Euroart Studios is pleased to invite you to an exhibition of installation and sculpture by Lorraine Clarke exploring how the artforms, fine art and poetry, can interact and engender inspiration.

In “Spectre of Abandonment” three invited poets Agnes Meadows, Sue Johns and Sarah Reilly will perform poetry they created in response to Lorraine’s fascinating artworks. 

Conversely, Lorraine presents new artworks inspired by poems she selected from each of the poets’ anthologies.  She also presents new sculpture with her own poetry.

Artist/Writer Rebecca Baillie writes: “The work of Lorraine Clarke is a bombardment for the senses. Clarke is interested in making the invisible workings of the human psyche visible, and in recognition that deep interiority is complex and multiple, many of her sculptures are comprised of hundreds of tiny elements. Parts typically overflow, but at the same time, elaborate attempts are made to contain any spillage. Clarke uses baskets, boxes, jars and small cylinders as homes for her objects, as though without this imposed structure, the weight of the emotions caught within could fly into the atmosphere and create a chaos too disruptive for everyday living. It is as though Clarke reveals to us something of the human spirit, but does so in a seemingly contradictory way, adding order and organization as the best, or perhaps the only way to communicate this difficult and irreducible concept”.

This show offers the chance to see the complete installation of Lorraine’s iconic 116 “Fertility Dolls” which was last exhibited in 2007.

The exhibition opens the 9^th to 14^th September 2014 at The Candid Arts Trust, 3-5 Torrens Street, Islington, London, EC1V 1NQ.

PV                   Tuesday 9 September.   6:00 – 9:00pm

                        Performances by all three poets

Open                10 – 13 September.   12:00 – 9:00pm

Finissage          Sunday 14 September.   12:00 – 4:00pm

                        Performances by all three poets

Performance Schedule (from 6:00PM)

10^th Sept. – Sarah Reilly

11^th Sept. – Agnes Meadows

12^th Sept. – Agnes Meadows & Sue Johns

13^th Sept. – Agnes Meadows, Sue Johns & Sarah Reilly

The Poets:

Agnes Meadows: international poet, writer and ex-journalist.

Sue Johns: writer and performer of theatrical monologues.

Sarah Reilly: poet, performer and visual artist.

For details please see www.clarke-art.co.uk