Raw Edge

This exhibition brings together the multidisciplinary work of members of the Yorkshire Sculptors Group as they explore and respond to the notion of boundaries and raw edges.

This vivid exploration of materiality finds the artists drawing upon and engaging with both traditional materials such as wood, stone and ceramics, as well as found objects and repurposed materials, through a variety of processes and methods, from the traditional to the digital, in order to examine and interrogate the complex boundaries that stem from the relationships between objects, societies and the human condition.

Sunny Bank Mills’ history as a textile mill is also drawn upon widely in this exhibition, as artists such as Victoria Ferrand Scott and Linda Thompson interrogate the textile industry’s conflicts with femininity, process, and tradition.

Reflecting on the notion of ‘the edge’, the work in this thought-provoking exhibition engages with the omnifarious boundaries inherent to the human experience: political borders; the perimeters of the female experience; the tensions of colonial legacy; the borderline between industrialisation and the natural world.

Featuring work from; Garry Barker, Sally Barker, Paula Chambers, Liadin Cooke, Victoria Ferrand Scott, Patrick Ford, Shelia Gaffney, Deborah Gardner, Carole Griffiths, Joanne Hall, Christine Halsey, Vincent James, Linda Thompson, Melanie Wilks, Nicholas Vaughan.

Opening times: Tuesday-Saturday 10-4, Sunday 12-4. Closed on Mondays. FREE ENTRY

NO BOOKING REQUIRED