Kirsty Ludbrook “The Frames in Between”
Embroidery and manga are an unlikely match, but in Kirsty Ludbrook’s large-scale silk artworks, the painstaking technique is used to preserve the fleeting moment they depict.
Intricately hand-stitched, the embroideries are appliquéd into graphic compositions that each describe a single, reflective instant. Paintings on the same scale investigate different sensations of the moment, as Ludbrook manipulates paint to explore motion. Together the series of ‘storyboard’ frames build a sense of repetitive motion around the exhibition space.
Interested in the ways we attain knowledge of ourselves, Ludbrook here explores the simple moments of reflection in which understanding comes to us. ‘The Frames in Between’ – the undrawn frames in a storyboard – are those she believes are the most significant in the pursuit of self-knowledge. Continue Reading →