Hilary Jack: A solo exhibition

10 Jun-24 Jul 2011

Overview

Castlefield Gallery is pleased to present artist Hilary Jack’s first UK solo exhibition called And Scent of Pine and the Woodthrush Singing... featuring new works. Jack collects broken objects and discarded materials from a variety of sources including city streets, eBay or charity shops. She then transforms and rejuvenates them, sometimes returning them to their original locations. Hauled back from the brink of oblivion her actions become an absurd and nonsensical act of repair, which intentionally deprives the object of its original purpose, rendering it useless. This metamorphosis of everyday items into unfamiliar functionless art objects have uncanny and melancholic connotations which invite us to re-explore the abandoned article anew.