Joint the exhibition of paper sculptures, installation and artist’s books by April Yasamee and Dagmara’s burial shrouds for green and traditional burials.
The exhibition will be at the Fishing Quarter Gallery from 26th to 30th of June, 12 -6 pm with the Meet the Artists Event held on Saturday, 29th of June from 4 pm till 8 pm.
About April Yasamee.
Insta: aprilyasamee
April Yasamee is a London born artist now based in St Leonards on Sea. Her art practice spans studios across London, Bristol, Italy and Melbourne, Australia. She is a fine artist with an MA in History of Art specialising in mediaeval materials and their meanings and has been influenced by the Italian Arte Povera movement. She is exhibiting a range of her paper sculptural work in the Fishing Quarter Gallery, which deals with the tension between combined materials, fragility, balance/imbalance and the temporal: small scale mixed media sculptures, artists books and a large suspended paper installation. Collaborating with textile artist Dagmara Rudkin, is an exciting opportunity for her to find new visual possibilities on unfamiliar aspects in end of life provision and transience
About Dagmara Rudkin
Insta: dagmara.rudkin
Based in Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, Dagmara Rudkin is a Polish-British fine artist with an MA in Sequential Design and Illustration and a passion for storytelling through textiles and installations. For the last 20 years, she has produced personal and collaborative projects in Fine Art and performance.
Now, she specialises in shroud making—an art form that honours rites of passage rituals and commemorates the sacred. She shares her practice through teaching as an artist educator at Hastings Contemporary, Phoenix Art Space, and as an Associate Lecturer at Brighton MET.
The Transient Shelters exhibition is an opportunity for her to show why making or commissioning a shroud for yourself or your loved one can be life-affirming and how choosing a shroud made from salvaged textiles over a traditional coffin can be easier on our planet.