11. Greek Art / 'Town Planning', and 'The Secret Garden', Sept-Dec 2011.

'The Secret Garden'

The paintings, sculptures and installations in this exhibition represent The Claremont Art Groups contribution to the project, ‘The Secret Garden’. They worked on this project over 6 weeks.

Initially conceived as a way of creating an environment for the Claremont Dance Groups performance, we decided as the project developed, that the art pieces should have more autonomy, and be interesting and interactive in their own right, rather than serving solely as a backdrop.

The group created mind-maps to explore their provisional ideas, from which this mix of individual responses to the theme emerged. Sketches took on a life of their own as artworks grew and expanded to the tune of the group’s ever fertile imaginations! The result, as always, reflects the diversity and wonderful energy and imagination that the members bring to their art projects.

Discover the sound of bird song amongst lush paper foliage, find ducks waddling to a pond within a brick walled secret garden, peer through the holes in an old garden door to see the secrets beyond, and explore the wreck of an old ship who’s decks have become an extension of the islands landscape, amongst the delights of our secret garden.


Videos of work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RybtucvC1Bw&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN6uglAAfws&feature=youtu.be