Gallery White Box (SE3 0RB) is proud to present an exhibition of new collage works by fine artist Katie Mawson.
Katie Mawson is a collage artist with a strong background in textiles. She works with the cloth from discarded, damaged hardback books from local charity shops, using the cloth from these books as both her palette and canvas. The array of colours is infinite, many of them faded and marked through time…. they all have a former life and story.
Mawson slices, cuts and rips these beautifully marked and faded cloths from their boards; this is all part of the making process - deconstructing to then reconstruct into something new. She adds no colour to the covers, but sometimes experiments with mark making and removing colour, creating lines and texture. For her it is all about colour balance, positive and negative spaces and creating a sense of peace.
Join us at the gallery - next to the Hare & Billet pub, a 10-minute walk over the heath from Greenwich Park.
“I personally feel that it is important within the world of art to continue to be hands on and get your hands dirty and feel, and touch, and smell. There is room of course for digital art, but I don't want the old traditions of craft and art to die, so I guess that is what it means to me - keeping old traditions alive and kicking, running alongside the digital world.”
