Edge of the World
Carolyn Lewens, Heather Shimmen, Mandy Gunn

15 May - 27 June

Carolyn Lewens, Heather Shimmen and Mandy Gunn each have a history and ongoing urgent concern with environmental issues, frequently drawing on local stories, histories and geographies that are demonstrated in their work. Carolyn Lewens is a multimedia artists who work uses pre-photographic processes with post-photographic concerns, often in installations that combine analogue photography, in particular cyanotype photograms, with digital photomedia. Heather Shimmen is a printmaker specializing in large scale linocuts and installations using collage and various fabric surfaces. Mandy Gunn produces assemblage installations and sculpture using recycled materials.

Top: Heather Shimmen Lost II 2008, linocut print on circle of felt, unique state. Collection of the artist. Photographer: Tim Gresham.
Bottom: Mandy Gunn Slippage (geology series) 2009, cardboard construction. Collection of the artist. Photographer: Tim Gresham.