Judith’s workshops drew out key themes, ideas and techniques from the exhibition, including notions of rhythm, order, sequence and possibility. These sessions focoused on the Arte Povera (‘poor art’) philosophy of working with leftover materials and everyday objects.
Judith Brocklehurst is a sculptor, writer and researcher. Her practice is mutable. It changes to interact with the social circumstance she finds herself in. She often takes her lead from the place or situation in which the work is made, who she is making work with, where it will be seen and what materials are used.
The unwritten rules that the site and materials and processes suggest are used set parameters in which something unforeseen might happen. Working in different situations such as Great Ormond Street Hospital, the British Library, with schools and community groups in galleries and higher education, has led to an array of sculptural, working methods which explore areas of interest such as sound, rhythm, place, collaboration. Her practice centres on the performative aspect of making rather than the pursuit of an end result.
Judith has recently completed her practice-related PhD at UCL. As part of this research into contested public urban and virtual places she has presented papers at conferences in Taiwan and Cyprus and written a chapter for ‘The companion to Modern Art’.
28 January – 8 April 2018
Sundays, 2.00 – 4.30pm
Every Sunday throughout the exhibitions, families can drop-in to the Drawing Studio and galleries to take part in free, creative and fun activities led by our Family Artist-in-Residence Judith Brocklehurst. Taking inspiration from the exhibition Giorgio Griffa: A Continuous Becoming, families are invited to take part in a series of activities drawing on key themes, ideas and techniques from the exhibition, including notions of rhythm, order, sequence and possibility. These sessions will focus on the Arte Povera (‘poor art’) philosophy of working with leftover materials and everyday objects. Join us for sessions where we will make and break rules, produce new possibilities, enact the golden ratio and create Giorgio Griffa inspired records.
Family Takeover is suitable for children of all ages and materials are provided free of charge, but donations are invited.
