Deep Looking, Looking Deep
An initial review of the works i choose for deep looking.
Seeing work in a gallery, out of the studio, allows a more dispassionate assessment. The pain of birthing, the struggle of making has dissipated and the pieces reveal themselves more fully.
Concatenation (2023), Etchings on paper, hammered steel, wire
Cube I, print on paper and plaster (2024)
Seeing my work displayed alongside Dawn Langley’s delicately observed photographs and Janet McWilliam’s bold painting, brought previously unseen or overlooked elements into focus - new avenues to explore perhaps?I chose to exhibit a selection of work made over a period time. Seeing pieces alongside each other was
the perfect opportunity to reflect, to examine the cohesive thread which runs through the pieces and equally to reflect on the asides which merit further investigation, or not. It is always intriguing to see how each work holds the seed of the next, ideas tumbling along, never stagnating, offering new perspectives.
Some of my work shown in Deep Looking in The Art Fund Gallery, The Lightbox, Woking
Seeing my work displayed alongside Dawn Langley’s delicately observed photographs and Janet McWilliam’s bold painting brought previously unseen or overlooked elements into focus - new avenues to explore perhaps?
Consuelo Simpson is an artist and maker living and working in Hampshire. Her multidisciplinary practice is focused on seeking moments of enchantment and on reaching an accommodation with the world.
She remains obsessed with string!