THE CUT
A Centre for Arts in the Community

Drawn Towards

Tuesday 16th March to Thursday 22nd April
in
Concourse and Malt Room

Simon Read

Rather than show a selection of studio work, I will focus on primarily drawing and more specifically upon drawing that is used as a means of exploring ideas and even more specifically laying stress upon work that has been carried out within this region.
My decision to do this was not just a matter of accessibility, but more to use it as a platform for exploring how an artist can use work directly as a vehicle for exploration and engaging with contemporary issues, such as environmental change.
Over the last ten years I have increasingly sought ways that I can actively contribute to this debate. Being based upon the Suffolk Coast in daily contact with a changing estuary landscape, means that I have a privileged insight, which I now feel that I can articulate through my relationship with the local community.
Now I find myself operating on many levels, my public role has expanded to put me on more committees than I would have initially imagined and I am energetically exploring ways that I can establish interdisciplinary collaborations in an academic context. It is always difficult to square this kind of involvement with the autonomy of an artist’s practice. This is something that I cannot claim to have an answer for but have the conviction that if pursued, it is bound to make sense.
Rather than a finite show of work, this exhibition should be taken more in the spirit of an open question.

Exhibition is free.
The galleries are open from 10:30am-3pm.
For further information ring Aafke (Publicity) on 01986 873285 or email: info@newcut.org