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previous exhibitions @ foldgallery:

here is a selection of the delights you've missed.

Kirkby Stephen Winter Wonderland

Seasonal sensations

As part of the Kirkby Stephen Winter Wonderland day, Fold organised a number of events to put contemporary art into the annual shopping panic experience!

• Ice Sculpture - Kate Robinson and Grinneal brought world-class ice-hacking to town - sorry no swans!

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• Snowcase(s) - the annual multiples event just got compacted. See Hayvend details
• Big projections - video and new-media experiments projected huge onto local landmark building as part of the illuminations. Artists Debby Akam and Tom Lloyd worked with 8 local new media artists to create a collaborative interactive display in a project developed by Folly.
• String 'em up (by the bulbs)
  Festive Lights Competition

  They say it's tacky and really shouldn't be encouraged. We say "string 'em up!". A grotto in your garden or blackpool on your balcony - Home illuminations may not be everyone's idea of taste, but it's becoming one of the biggest collective displays of outsider art in the UK. To support this art-form in our corner of the world we offered prizes and rosettes for the most spectacular and original displays in the town of Kirkby Stephen. Free to enter, no entry forms to fill in, and extra points awarded for including sheep in the display.

  see the results...

Off the Wall

By Andrew Bracey, Arabella Harvey, Carl Colley, Debby Akam & Gary Power, Lee Cavaliere, Niki Russell, Tobias Sternberg.

Off the Wall is a group show of artists who responded to the challenge of redefining ways that gallery walls function in presenting art. It features seven artists from across the country working in a variety of media and scale, from video projections to rolls of insulating tape. What unites the individual pieces is the variety of ways in which the work incorporates or references the wall but goes beyond just being on the wall.
There has long been a convention among contemporary art galleries to show work on pristine white walls and polished floors. These “White Cubes” can often appear intimidating to people not used to visiting art galleries, and can lead to the feeling that contemporary art is an exclusive club. As part of its programme to make contemporary art more accessible to rural communities, Fold is always looking for ways to make art appear more exciting to new visitors. In fact, Foldgallery has been proudly showing work on cream-coloured walls for the past 3 years in an effort to make the gallery space more homely and welcoming. “Off the Wall” is an exhibition that aims to show that galleries can be more than pictures on walls.

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Arcane Specimens

by Stephen Butler

Part 1 of the Plant Life series of exhibitions about gardens. Stephen Butler takes items found in the garden, on the beach, in the kitchen, or on the pavement, and grafts them together to create a beautifully strange collection of twisted, but familliar objects.

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Dancing Plants

by Paul Masters

Paul takes the Ronseal approach to video art - it does exactly what it says on the tin - there's plants and they're dancing to disco classics. Shown in the gallery for one weekend only as part of the Plant Life series of exhibitions.

Paper Cut

by Rob Ives

Rob is best know for his range of easy to build cardboard mechanical toys, under the name of Flying Pig. Paper Cut sees Rob's first UK solo exhibition of prototypes and experiments together with large-scale versions of his most popular work.

Paper Cut also sees the launch of 'FarmArt' our major project for the next year. Watch this space for details soon.

Snowcase#3 (2003)

Paul Scott • Russell Mills • Maddi Nicholson • Conrad Atkinson • Jac Scott • Malcolm Mitton • Ian Walton

an exhibition of multiples and editions by the cream of Cumbria. A "wunderkammer" of the wierd and wonderful suspended from the ceiling in metal cages or nailed to the wall in wooden boxes. Proof, if it were needed, of the international calibre of contemporary art in Cumbria.

Snowcase#2 (2002)

by Steven Barrett, Kate Brundrett, Kate Calico, Lawrence Cassidy, Adam Clarke, Claire Fell, S.Mark Gubb, Susie MacMurray, Steve Messam, Kate Robinson & Christine Stringfellow

Artists have been using mass production techniques to create limited and unlimited editions of their work since the Chinese invented printing. In this collection of works the artists take on a range of everyday subjects, from consumerism to spirituality. Some are quirky, others damn-right silly, but all are exquisite in their own way.

Menagerie

by Melanie Wickham

welcome to a world of fun and silliness (we've been there for quite some time now). Living in the Welsh hills, Melanie is naturally inspired by the animals that surround her. With overtones of childhood innocence, and often with a little twist, these are images to make you smile.

Sandsheep

with Kate Robinson
27th & 28th July 2002

Cumbria's newest public art installation . 3 1/2 tonnes of wet sand and over a dozen red sheep by the river Eden. Built with the help of local volunteers it celebrates the reopening of the countryside after last year's foot & mouth epidemic

punctuate:

more than just marks on a page to let you breathe when reading out loud, this interactive piece looks at ways that punctuation can define new meanings to text. It's a bit of a word puzzle with 'Looking-glass' logic.... confused? you will be....

crammed with crimson, stuffed with scarlet:

a feast of all things red and scrumptious by resident artist Richeldis. Crammed with Crimson.. Is a selection of new work comprising of painting, textiles and text combined to present a unique look at valentines day, and connotations with the colour red.

Baa Codes:

To coincide with the Kirkby Stephen Charter Fair, this inaugural exhibition by Steve Messam contemplated the themes of sheep and shopping. A hands on exhibition, where visitors were encouraged to rummage through a sheep's shopping trolley!