Lost and Found

Artspace presents the work of seven artists, in a reinvention of the Member's Show. Work includes improvised sculptural assemblage, large-scale multimedia works, installation, encaustic painting, multi-paneled oil painting and collage.

The word souvenir derives from the old French, meaning to recall, to come to mind, to remember. This link speaks eloquently of a drive to attach significance to objects. Things become records for history, a way to substantiate the insubstantial. It is a practice of rendering memory visible, textural and dense.

Found objects are potential vessels for imagine history. Nostalgic for unkown pasts, we approach things as artifactual remains, a chance to learn the secrets of their previous owners.

The artists in this show examine relationship to objects and memories, realizing that this relationship is, in a sense, mutually affective.

Curated by Fynn Leitch

Presented in partnership with Artsweek Peteroborough.