Perky Babes: Mint Edition
Babes,babes,babes, green thread, wadding, poly cotton, paper & tape, W100cm X H140cm & A4, 2019
“Babes”, green cord, wadding and mint green dip-dyed cotton, H66cm W96.5cm, 2019
Produced for The Ollie & Lesa Show, a collaborative exhibition put on as part of Art Licks Weekend 2019 - Interdependence. People visiting the exhibition were invited to ‘read’ the publication whilst eating mint chocolate or chewing gum. The quilted banners are ‘pages’ in the publication but also exist as singular art works that remain in relationship to one another. The chocolate and gum are also ‘pages’ within the publication.
The quilted banners, gilded kitchen roll, mint chocolate and chewing gum are all pages in the publication, which also includes appropriated book dedications from lesbian / bisexual writers to their female muses, an unwitting collaboration as dedication, and ‘shared glories’. The work was inspired by some of Lesa’s favourite things and Virginia Woolf’s ‘Orlando’.
Perky Babes: Mint Edition, mixed media publication, 2019
Perky Babes: Mint Edition, mixed media publication, 2019
Perky Babes: Mint Edition - mixed media publication, 2019
The Ollie & Lesa Show evolved out of conversations between Joanne and Annelie on the role of friendships and relationships on the creative process. https://artlicksweekend.com/2019/event/ollie-lesa-show/
Temple
‘Temple’ was created as a collaborative artist take-over of RAW Labs in London.
It appropriated existing elements of the space, such as the plants, the coffee counter and the in-house chocolate maker, renaming them and combining them with sculpture, sound and light to make a new installation for the space. The take-over was part critique on the contemporary ‘Well-ness' industry and part genuine need to find headspace. The ‘press-release’ & exhibition map lists the potential /alleged ‘benefits’ of all the elements involved.
"Eating Well, Sleeping Well & Feeling Fantastisk!" - stuffed green bedsheet, threaded hole stones, green IKEA 'fantastisk' napkins, vitamin B complex and hope, on table, Joanne Newman, 2018
“Join Jojo and Joanne (with RAW Labs regulars) as they mark out a space and turn RAW labs into a temple of respite for one night only. You will be invited to move around the temple, take time out and find your headspace though art, food and interactions.
Make a devotion, bathe in the light, seek self-forgiveness through chocolate, speak to the plants, eat pizza, calm yourself with a drink, and listen to soothing sounds.
Breathe in, hold, breathe out, hold, continue...
Come be restored and let go.”
…sneaky blue piece…
Stage
blue dip-dyed and tie-dyed calico, and white and fluorescent yellow fringing on black and gold leatherette, with gold spandex and disco light bulb, on wood, 2018, Whitgift Shopping Centre, Croydon
