sediments seven

With sediments seven, Dudley’s careful consideration of the canvases converses with the architectural space in which they are installed, a hybrid studio and shared exhibition space in a historic masonic temple. Recalling her earlier installation sediments one, the grid arrangement expands into the space, this time working itself up the wall, creating a chance pattern of shades and textures. Creating the illusion of slate and reflecting the environment, the canvases also relate to the nearby works by others in the space which contain subtle nods to the environmental concerns they ask you to consider. As Dudley states, “my personal take on making an installation is that I should respond to the exhibition site, and that the components should refer to a world outside the exhibition space. I also like thinking of installations as  walk-in paintings or frozen stage sets where the actors have departed and the visitor is free to roam around.”