Sarah Burgess
Artist Statement
“I work in order not to sleep walk through my life” — Zadie Smith, Radio 4.
My work helps me to stop, pay attention to life and the world, to reinforce my sense of enquiry, unease and wonder– to leave a mark.
It feels important to comment on some of the powerful issues facing us; using drawing, thinking and making to find a visual language to explore and communicate.
Unexpected print marks disrupt, stimulate a response and may trigger an idea. I layer materials and use stitch to define, draw with a different quality, emphasise, bind or build dense layered marks.
I live in a small valley where water was a vital source of industrial power, eroding, sculpting the land, gathering natural and human-made detritus, capturing my imagination; the traces we leave show powerful evidence of time and place.
Mentoring and teaching are important to me; a powerful stimulus and privilege.
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Location
Derbyshire
Member Since
1996
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