Breathing Space
An installation by Ruth Dent with sonic landscape by Alec Dent.
9 – 26 January 2019
Ruth will be in the Gallery Saturday January 26th.
2pm artist reading and in conversation.
Detail two panels from ’Serenade’
Evening preview and artist talk was on Thursday 10 January 6 to 8pm.
Talk starts at 6.25pm. Free. All welcome.
We are pleased to welcome Ruth Dent in her first solo show at Kaleidoscope. Come in and experience ‘Breathing Space’ a site-specific installation. Ruth has been developing this body of work over the last twelve months in both her French and English studios.
‘Breathing Space has been over a year in the making.
My work has evolved from my Visible, Invisible, Veiled body of work which explored natures broken grids.
I have changed the format and moved from squares to rectangles – long, thin and wide.
Trees, forests and walking in the woods remain essential influences.
Now I’m trying to draw different aspects together: elements of and meanings from the ancient ways, linked with Christianity and my experiences of places, including Cathedrals, Buddhist Stupas, Hindu Temples, Stone Circles, the Labyrinth at Chartres – always coming back to nature.
It’s my way of asking questions and trying to make sense of things, whilst celebrating life on earth.
And here’s the question I ask in relation to my current work:
Did cathedrals, temples, stupas and labyrinths originate in the forest?
Come and experience for yourself……..’ Ruth Dent
