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Paradise Lost
18 November 2005 to 7 January 2006
Paradise Lost, a collaborative project between Carol McNicoll and Jacqueline Poncelet, transforms the gallery into a place of habitation,
their individual works set within an installation that includes adapted furniture pieces. They regard the domestic sphere as a stimulating,
if undervalued, art environment and one which, in contrast to the neutral ‘white cube’ space, places artworks into intriguing collisions with
other things and contexts. It is a space described by Poncelet as ‘where life intervenes and the work has to survive’.
Both are known for their interest in pattern as a form of decoration and for its narrative charge. Carol McNicoll’s ceramics are
characteristically collages of different kinds of form and decoration, and may include political and social comment. While they are
designed to be entertaining, function is an equally important consideration as she particularly enjoys the way that things can change through use.
As well as a range of vessels she will be showing new lighting, including an exuberant chandelier with pressed glass elements.
Jacqueline Poncelet shows a new series of panels. They can be suspended to divide spaces or hang close to the window or wall to create a
layering of patterns composed of colour and shape, light and shadow. All are hand-cut from sheet rubber in a variety of colours, but have an
ambiguous material quality. Dynamic and expressive, they are designed to interplay with the visual detail of their surroundings.
Biographical notes
Carol McNicoll and Jacqueline Poncelet first met as students at the Royal College of Art in the early 1970s and have since maintained a creative dialogue.
Their recent collaborations include the site-specific installation Domestic Landscape (with Laura Ford) at 7 Worcester Terrace, Bath in 2002 and they
were curators of the exhibition Pattern Crazy at the Crafts Council, London, also in 2002.
Jacqueline Poncelet originally trained in ceramics but now works in a wider range of media. Her work is regularly shown in the contexts of painting
and sculpture as well as the applied arts. She has also worked with architects on projects for the public realm. These include a sand blasted glass
screen for The Queens Graphics Gallery at Holyrood House and acoustic panels for Ocean Music Trust Hackney. A retrospective exhibition of McNicoll’s
work Carol McNicoll: Contemporary Ceramics - Domestic Treasures toured the UK in 2003 - 04 and was accompanied by a book charting the development of
her work published by Lund Humphries. The work of both artists is included in major public collections in the UK and abroad.
For more information, transparencies, or to arrange an interview with the artist please contact
Juliana Barrett
Tel: 020 7336 6396
Fax: 020 7336 6391
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