I recently went to see the Shelagh Wakely ‘A View from a Window’ exhibition on at the Camden Arts Centre.
Highlights were the installation pieces, which included using the gallery floor and shaping organic forms with the spice Turmeric. The warm, vibrant yellow and fragrant smell exuding from the visual piece, was for me, a centre piece and a definitive moment of the exhibition, as art about indulgence in sensatory moments. The material use of the Turmeric is innate with the ephemeral and organic nature of Wakely’s art.
Other pieces in the exhibition, including drawings and ripped collages exuding to a very transitory nature. I also consider Wakely’s uses of fruits and metallic foils as a sensual engagement with nature, an indulgent relationship with the environment and process of art making.
Overall, this is definitely the sort of art, which I love most. Art which is about creating a sensual experience, that has multiple layers and adheres to the fleeting moment.
Illica 