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Artist statement - Jane Hughes June 2022

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Having seen Zhang Xu Zhan's exhibition at the Palais Popular in Berlin in February, and having long been intrigued by garish Pastoral group figurines I proposed creating a contemporary grotto combining these elements, and including moving image for my final show.  I submitted a Parade ground proposal which was rejected, but was in the process of identifying a space when the ceramic studio was flooded during the week I was booked in and closed.  Given the upcoming Safehouse exhibition and  the presentation, college closures, and advice from the ceramics technicians on the time involved in making my idea, it became increasingly clear that this was too ambitious as a project. Given the time required, my lack of experience with ceramics and the space requirement I abandoned the proposal.  

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Having seen Zhang Xu Zhan's exhibition at the Palais Popular in Berlin in February, and having long been intrigued by garish Pastoral group figurines I proposed creating a contemporary grotto combining these elements, and including moving image for my final show.  I submitted a Parade ground proposal which was rejected, but was in the process of identifying a space when the ceramic studio was flooded during the week I was booked in and closed.  Given the upcoming Safehouse exhibition and  the presentation, college closures, and advice from the ceramics technicians on the time involved in making my idea, it became increasingly clear that this was too ambitious as a project. Given the time required, my lack of experience with ceramics and the space requirement I abandoned the proposal.  

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Exhibitions Tate, Hamburger Bahnhof, Barbican, Hayward,  Museum Film in Tiergarten, Jewish Museum Berlin etc

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Exhibitions Tate, Hamburger Bahnhof, Barbican, Hayward,  Museum Film in Tiergarten, Jewish Museum Berlin etc

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The painting I had done for the Triangle wouldn't leave me alone and rather than destroying it which i had originally wanted to do I chose to revisit  it over and over again.  At first I had all three figures but then chose to remove the boy.  The painting developed a life of its own.  Additions -  man cutting hedge, disengaged mother, children escaping, dolls house and picnic blanket with dolls.  I then extended the painting beyond the canvas by sewing picnic blanket and including some of the original dolls from the Triangle.  I experimented ideas with changing it further but stuck with pastoral, garden picnic scene.  In the final exhibition I included sound of projector.

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The painting I had done for the Triangle wouldn't leave me alone and rather than destroying it which i had originally wanted to do I chose to revisit  it over and over again.  At first I had all three figures but then chose to remove the boy.  The painting developed a life of its own.  Additions -  man cutting hedge, disengaged mother, children escaping, dolls house and picnic blanket with dolls.  I then extended the painting beyond the canvas by sewing picnic blanket and including some of the original dolls from the Triangle.  I experimented ideas with changing it further but stuck with pastoral, garden picnic scene.  In the final exhibition I included sound of projector.

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28th April Group Tutorials and Praxis with Katrine and Aaron McPeake

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28th April Group Tutorials and Praxis with Katrine and Aaron McPeake

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Morning spent discussing our proposals for final show and concepts.  Group read chapter 'Corpoliteracy - Envisaging the body as Slate, Sponge and Witness' from Bonaventure Son Ejeng Ndkung's book ' 'In a While or Two we will find the Tone'.  Agreed theme the body as physical, spiritual, ego, the group, memory etc.  All chose how we saw our work aligned.  Sponge - absorbent and transformative.  Slate - written upon, blank and inadequacy of language.   Witness - more than observation, performative and keeping score.  I chose Witness.   Alex, Emma and Poppy created individual booklets for each studio within these themes.

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Morning spent discussing our proposals for final show and concepts.  Group read chapter 'Corpoliteracy - Envisaging the body as Slate, Sponge and Witness' from Bonaventure Son Ejeng Ndkung's book ' 'In a While or Two we will find the Tone'.  Agreed theme the body as physical, spiritual, ego, the group, memory etc.  All chose how we saw our work aligned.  Sponge - absorbent and transformative.  Slate - written upon, blank and inadequacy of language.   Witness - more than observation, performative and keeping score.  I chose Witness.   Alex, Emma and Poppy created individual booklets for each studio within these themes.

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During the crit in the Safehouse Markus, Rosa and others commented on sense of uncomfortable feeling of being a voyeur looking in on an unsettling scene when looking at the 'The Dolls House'.  I have chosen to re-exibit the painting, but have included a life sized child sculpture who has stepped out of the painting.  I am still undecided as to whether I see her as escaping, distant from the painting or trying to return.  This will influence her position in the exhibition space in discussion with Grad Dip cohort

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During the crit in the Safehouse Markus, Rosa and others commented on sense of uncomfortable feeling of being a voyeur looking in on an unsettling scene when looking at the 'The Dolls House'.  I have chosen to re-exibit the painting, but have included a life sized child sculpture who has stepped out of the painting.  I am still undecided as to whether I see her as escaping, distant from the painting or trying to return.  This will influence her position in the exhibition space in discussion with Grad Dip cohort

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DaVinci Resolve video - 7.40 minutes.  Questions to follow

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DaVinci Resolve video - 7.40 minutes.  Questions to follow

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Following our Morgue exhibition Hannah Scott and I had conversations with Katrine on widening the collaborative scope for our Quilt of Fears.  The Parade Ground was hired for two days in late May and staff and students were invited to come and work together making their own 30 x 30 cm fear squares.  I went to 'Work and Play Store' in Wimbledon to collect textiles, cotton, buttons etc.  Susa provided us with a sewing machine and we had fantastic support from Mary Evans, Palash Roy, Elisabetta Antonucci and Ruby Russell.  The squares are to be incorporated into the quilt during the final exhibition week.

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Following our Morgue exhibition Hannah Scott and I had conversations with Katrine on widening the collaborative scope for our Quilt of Fears.  The Parade Ground was hired for two days in late May and staff and students were invited to come and work together making their own 30 x 30 cm fear squares.  I went to 'Work and Play Store' in Wimbledon to collect textiles, cotton, buttons etc.  Susa provided us with a sewing machine and we had fantastic support from Mary Evans, Palash Roy, Elisabetta Antonucci and Ruby Russell.  The squares are to be incorporated into the quilt during the final exhibition week.

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2022-PARADEGroundproposal - v 2Jane Hughes 20018707

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 Crit Demelza Woodbridge  and Morgan Quaintance. Curator Mark Lungley.  Private view

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 Crit Demelza Woodbridge  and Morgan Quaintance. Curator Mark Lungley.  Private view