Unfixing: Frances Priest

Marking a new departure in her practice, Frances has focused on a collection of universally familiar pattern structures. Through a process of deconstructing and reconfiguring the component motifs, she has pushed into abstraction, exploring movement, space and colour.

The show consists of predominantly wall-based works, with some free-standing pieces that are still focused on two-dimensional planes. Most of the pieces are made up of more than one component and are constructed so that they can be re-arranged and hung in multiple configurations. This element of play and invitation for the viewer to complete the work remains an important and ongoing theme. A nod toward the democratic nature of ornament and pattern as universal visual languages. The inherent familiarity and tactility of clay, and a wish to share with the audience a sense of the pleasures of making with materials using craft processes.