Lisa Howes - Flat Pack

Flat Pack in front of Girl with a Dolphin

 

Welcome to the Dwell exhibition and book. For a whole month we will be taking each artist's page and transforming it into a 3 dimensional dwelling. Each one of these small sculptures will be exhibited in public on the London streets. 

 

 



Satellite

Today's artist is Lisa Howes, exhibiting with Collect Connect for the first time, and we are very pleased to include her in the Dwell Book and Exhibition. Lisa graduated from Coventry University in the 90's where she made large abstract paintings. From Coventry Lisa settled in Leytonstone and then Walthamstow before heading South of the river. Lisa continues to paint and draw.

 

This painting is part of a series of explorations of the colour blue and has a map like quality. The title 'Satellite' suggest an aerial view point and the double yellow lines pulls us into a much closer perspective as though we are stood on the curb. The biomorphic forms are survivors from Lisa earlier works and seem to float like clouds and puddles in the space between the yellow lines and the blue grid.

Lisa's net, 'Flat Pack' is photographed here in front of the sculpture, 'Girl with a Dolphin' (David Wynne 1973) just by Tower Bridge.

 

The Arch in the Net

The clever title of Lisa's sculpture refers to the net itself (all nets are flat packs) and also to the world of flat pack furniture and flat pack houses and homes. It reminds me of watching modern skyscrapers being constructed from huge pre fabricated structures. Flat Pack is our only net with an arch and this is an ambitious component to the work and one that needs careful attention to make properly. The curved form of the drawing for the net has a lovely rhythmic as seen here in this detail from Lisa page in the book.



We look forward to seeing more of Lisa's art works in future Collect Connect Exhibitions.

 

Don't forget to have a look at the next Collect Connect project, 'The Art of Caring' exhibition at The Rose Theatre in Kingston-upon-Thames. The theme is Caring/Care and it is FREE to enter.

To buy the Dwell Book for £6 then follow this LINK.

Dwell artwork at the printers

Its taken longer than we thought but the dwell book is now finished and out of our hands for a few days. The artwork rests on the printing press of our publishers Sampson Low Ltd so it's just a waiting game. The final list of artists can be found below and on our designated Artist's page. Thank you to Dean Reddick for his idea and hard work in reaching this milestone.

The Dwell book cover art

From the 1st February keep an eye out for the dwellings on the streets of London. We'll be placing one a day in interesting places throughout the capital. Then posting information about the artists and creators here on the CollectConnect website, facebook page and twitter.

Artists and their nets.....

3. Alban Low - Scrunchy Shed
5. Beth Davis - Hofbauer Castle in the Sky
7. Bryan Benge - City Scape
9. Catherine Wynne-Paton - Raft at Sea
11. Dean Reddick - Shelter One
13. Dean Reddick - TreeHouse
15. Eleanor Bedlow - Container
17. Ella & Fausto - House by the Wild Sea
19. Eve Allsop - Home
21. Gavin Blackhurst - 46 Malbet Park
23. Helen Hunt - Thoreau’s Room
25. Holly Daniels - Fairy Dwelling
27. Jane Hellings - Shipping Container
29. Jay Snelling - Pyramid
31. Jessamy Low - Ocelot Villa
33. J Masson - Abri
35. Keziah Reddick - Dream dwelling
37. Kim Reddick - Crates
39. Lisa Howes - Flat Pack
41. Malc Dow - Escape Dwelling
43. Melanie Ezra - Caer Hecsagon
45. Mike Russell - Negated Obstacle
47. Natalie Low - Dwellow Submarine
49. Nick Gammons - Castle
51. Rajaa Khalife Paixao - Confessions of an artist
53. Sabatin Bascoban - The Caravan
55. Sara Lerota - Table as a place..
57. Steve DT - The Sistene Chapel
59. Stuart Simler - Trojan Horse
61. Tamara Jelaca - Little house in Prairie