From The Ground

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From the Ground: Mandy Bonnell and James Brooks

Bath Spa Creative Arts tutors Mandy Bonnell and James Brooks open a joint exhibition at Drawing Projects UK in Trowbridge next month.

From the Ground includes an artist’s book by Mandy Bonnell, Eloise Butler's Wildflower Garden, and a number of works by James Brooks that explore the geography and geometry of civic spaces in towns and cities across Europe. Both pieces aim to explore a shared common ground of geography and the intimacy of mark. 

Eloise Butler's Wildflower Garden was produced in response to Eloise Butler's Wildflower Garden in Minneapolis and the three concertina sections - Flora, Flower and Fleuron - will be fully displayed for the first time.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a programme of artist-led drawing sessions and discussions - including Emma Hill of the Eagle Gallery EMH Arts, and a poetry reading by Gabriel Gbadamosi.

Open Saturdays 1-4pm and by appointment.

Preview: Saturday 5 May, 5-7pm

Image credit: James Brooks, Civic Squares of Paris series: [L-R] Place des Vosges, Paris; Place Denfert Rochereau, Paris; Place Dauphine, Paris; Place Vendome, Paris