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From Nature

Current exhibition
18 February - 18 April 2021
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From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page
From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

From Nature opening February 18th will present a selection of works by seven contemporary artists from around the world who use materials as central contributors to how the works find meaning and do so with respect for the material themselves.

Artists include Forest and Found, Rain Wu, Jamie North, Nienke Hoogvliet, Peter Matthews, Jesper Eriksson and Harriet Hellman.

 

#fromnature

Informality, 11 Market Place, Henley on Thames, RG9 2AA, UK.

 

Please note the gallery is currently closed during the national lockdown. This exhibition will run online and will be open to the public once restrictions ease. 

 

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  • Read Essay by Paul Carey Kent
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Press release

Informality is excited to present its upcoming exhibition ‘From Nature’. The exhibition shows a selection of works by seven contemporary artists’ from around the world who use materials as central contributors to how the works find meaning and do so with respect for the material themselves.

Artists include Forest and Found, Rain Wu, Jamie North, Nienke Hoogvliet, Peter Matthews, Jesper Eriksson and Harriet Hellman.

As the world’s countries are forced to recalculate its focus on support within their own economies and trade, this exhibition educates the viewer visually from the artists’ Interest in the significance of raw resource from a country for its properties before mining, farming or construction for fuel, in the exhibition, materials among the artists’ practice include coal, wood, root and bone pigment, slag, clay and even the ocean.

The world’s leading myrmecologist, E.O. Wilson, has put that and us into perspective as follows: ‘If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.’ Just now the former scenario seems all too probable, but if Jamie Norths, 'Forward Projection’ is a warning, perhaps we can take the actions needed to avert the endgame which North evokes. The artists of ‘From Nature’ provide a double contribution towards those actions: not only do they point to some of the ways in which we might start, they do so by channelling the aesthetic and conceptual richness which reminds us why - instinctive self-interest aside – humanity is worth preserving.

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Installation Views
  • From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

    From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

  • From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

    From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

  • From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

    From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

  • From Nature, Installation view 2021

    From Nature, Installation view 2021

  • From Nature, Installation view 2021

    From Nature, Installation view 2021

  • From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

    From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

  • From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

    From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

  • From Nature, Installation view 2021

    From Nature, Installation view 2021

  • From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

    From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

  • From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

    From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

  • From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

    From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

Works
  • The Curtain’s Drawn, 2020 Madder lake, cotton charcoal, bone black, linseed oil, beeswax, madder dye, silk, burnt cotton, cotton velvet, mixed cottons, paper, thread 180 x 155 x 3.5 cm 70 7/8 x 61 1/8 x 1 3/8 in
    The Curtain’s Drawn, 2020
    Madder lake, cotton charcoal, bone black, linseed oil, beeswax, madder dye, silk, burnt cotton, cotton velvet, mixed cottons, paper, thread
    180 x 155 x 3.5 cm
    70 7/8 x 61 1/8 x 1 3/8 in
  • In Dreams Dormir, 2020 Bone white, burnt cotton, beeswax, linseed oil, mixed cottons, thread 205 x 165 x 3.5 cm 80 3/4 x 65 x 1 3/8 in
    In Dreams Dormir, 2020
    Bone white, burnt cotton, beeswax, linseed oil, mixed cottons, thread
    205 x 165 x 3.5 cm
    80 3/4 x 65 x 1 3/8 in
  • In Dreams Dust, 2020 Red oxide, bone white, burnt cotton, wood tannin, photograph print, beeswax, linseed oil, mixed cottons, thread 130 x 130 x 3.5 cm 51 1/8 x 51 1/8 x 1 3/8 in
    In Dreams Dust, 2020
    Red oxide, bone white, burnt cotton, wood tannin, photograph print, beeswax, linseed oil, mixed cottons, thread
    130 x 130 x 3.5 cm
    51 1/8 x 51 1/8 x 1 3/8 in
  • Land Jar, 2020 Burnished sycamore 36 x 37 cm 14 1/8 x 14 5/8 in
    Land Jar, 2020
    Burnished sycamore
    36 x 37 cm
    14 1/8 x 14 5/8 in
  • Land Jar, 2020 Burnt ash 45 x 45 cm 17 3/4 x 17 3/4 in
    Land Jar, 2020
    Burnt ash
    45 x 45 cm
    17 3/4 x 17 3/4 in
  • Land Jar, 2020 Burnished ash 42 x 48 cm 16 1/2 x 18 7/8 in
    Land Jar, 2020
    Burnished ash
    42 x 48 cm
    16 1/2 x 18 7/8 in
  • Emerge, 2020 Oil, acrylic, enamel, sand, stones, a grass reed, flower petals, cuttlefish bone, found objects and thread on canvases from the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England 190 x 180 cm 74 3/4 x 70 7/8 in
    Emerge, 2020
    Oil, acrylic, enamel, sand, stones, a grass reed, flower petals, cuttlefish bone, found objects and thread on canvases from the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England
    190 x 180 cm
    74 3/4 x 70 7/8 in
  • From the Atlantic coast of Maine (right) and the Pacific coast of California (left), 2019 Oil paint and earth matter on canvas on plywood 75.4 x 38.6 cm 29 3/4 x 15 1/4 in
    From the Atlantic coast of Maine (right) and the Pacific coast of California (left), 2019
    Oil paint and earth matter on canvas on plywood
    75.4 x 38.6 cm
    29 3/4 x 15 1/4 in
  • From the Atlantic coast of Maine (right) and the Pacific coast of Oregon (left), 2019 Oil paint, oil bar and earth matter on canvas on plywood 66.3 x 34.6 cm 26 1/8 x 13 5/8 in
    From the Atlantic coast of Maine (right) and the Pacific coast of Oregon (left), 2019
    Oil paint, oil bar and earth matter on canvas on plywood
    66.3 x 34.6 cm
    26 1/8 x 13 5/8 in
  • Forward Projection, 2019 Concrete, blast furnace slag, steel, epoxy and British ferns and ivy 300 (diameter) x 160 cm
    Forward Projection, 2019
    Concrete, blast furnace slag, steel, epoxy and British ferns and ivy
    300 (diameter) x 160 cm
  • The Sea Rises and Totally Still III. 1, 2020 Salt, coloured pencil on cotton 24 x 18 cm 9 1/2 x 7 1/8 in
    The Sea Rises and Totally Still III. 1, 2020
    Salt, coloured pencil on cotton
    24 x 18 cm
    9 1/2 x 7 1/8 in
  • The Sea Rises and Totally Still III. 13, 2021 Salt, coloured pencil on cotton 90 x 60 cm 35 3/8 x 23 5/8 in
    The Sea Rises and Totally Still III. 13, 2021
    Salt, coloured pencil on cotton
    90 x 60 cm
    35 3/8 x 23 5/8 in
  • Carbon Offset 001, 2020 Anthracite Coal, Steel Rod 29 x 36 x 102 cm 11 3/8 x 14 1/8 x 40 1/8 in
    Carbon Offset 001, 2020
    Anthracite Coal, Steel Rod
    29 x 36 x 102 cm
    11 3/8 x 14 1/8 x 40 1/8 in
  • Carbon Offset 002, 2020 Anthracite Coal, Steel Rod 34 x 38 x 80 cm 13 3/8 x 15 x 31 1/2 in
    Carbon Offset 002, 2020
    Anthracite Coal, Steel Rod
    34 x 38 x 80 cm
    13 3/8 x 15 x 31 1/2 in
  • Carbon Offset 003, 2020 Anthracite Coal, Steel Rod 32 x 35 x 72 cm 12 5/8 x 13 3/4 x 28 3/8 in
    Carbon Offset 003, 2020
    Anthracite Coal, Steel Rod
    32 x 35 x 72 cm
    12 5/8 x 13 3/4 x 28 3/8 in
  • Shape Shifting , 2020 Stoneware 20 x 18 x 9 cm 7 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 3 1/2 in
    Shape Shifting , 2020
    Stoneware
    20 x 18 x 9 cm
    7 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 3 1/2 in
  • Kaumera Kimono, 2018 Wool, silk, Kaumera, Vivianite and Annamox dye from wastewater, 140 x 120 cm 55 1/8 x 47 1/4 in
    Kaumera Kimono, 2018
    Wool, silk, Kaumera, Vivianite and Annamox dye from wastewater,
    140 x 120 cm
    55 1/8 x 47 1/4 in
  • Waterschatten bowls, 2020 Used toilet paper, natural glue and Vivianite paint 16 x Dimensions variable
    Waterschatten bowls, 2020
    Used toilet paper, natural glue and Vivianite paint
    16 x Dimensions variable
Press
  • From Nature, Installation view 2021, Image by Scarlet Page

    Essay: From Nature

    Paul Carey-Kent, FAD Magazine, February 23, 2021
  • The Materials are the Message

    By Paul Carey-Kent, edited by Ocula , Ocula Magazine, January 18, 2021
News
  • Feature in Fad Magazine

    Feature in Fad Magazine

    Essay: From Nature Read more
  • Essay: From Nature

    Essay: From Nature

    By Paul Carey-Kent Read more
  • Feature in Ocula Magazine

    Feature in Ocula Magazine

    Materials are the Message Read more
Videos
  • Studio Nienke Hoogvliet

    Studio Nienke Hoogvliet

    Kaumera Kimono Read more
  • Jesper Eriksson

    Jesper Eriksson

    Coal: Post-Fuel Read more
  • Forest + Found

    Forest + Found

    Unearthed Read more

Related artists

  • Forest and Found

    Forest and Found

  • Peter Matthews

    Peter Matthews

  • Jamie North

    Jamie North

  • Rain Wu

    Rain Wu

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