Marianna Simnett

5 Sep-21 Sep 2014

Overview

Marianna Simnett at the Acme Project Space, the artist’s first solo exhibition, is the culmination of the year-long Adrian Carruthers Studio Award. The exhibition presents a selection of Simnett’s most recent work, through which the artist explores themes of sexuality, innocence, corruption and martyrdom. The centrepiece of the exhibition is 'The Udder', a short film commissioned as part of the Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Awards 2014. Contextualising this film within a wider practice are 'Noses Off', a series of graphite drawings of disembodied noses, and 'Ryan’s Hymen', a pencil drawing on MDF board depicting a piece of jewellery given to the artist by her first boyfriend.