D.I.Y Taxidermy II: Dicing with Death

D.I.Y Taxidermy II: Dicing with Death
Private view Nov 15th 7-10pm
7pm 7-9 Crucifix Lane
Under the arches of London Bridge
ARAB Photography

Gates has a fascination with old, discarded objects and of collecting... Even collecting the dead. Digging things out the ground, scraping road kill off the streets of London, practising D.I.Y taxidermy.
Gates opens creatures up to reveal their internal worlds, experimenting with preservation, manipulating the decay process using techniques like salt, gloss and shake’n’vac.
With what is left she creates macabre sculptures, involving other found and meticulously arranged objects, placed into bizarre surreal assemblages. Creating Freakish characters, a metamorphosis of their discarded lives.
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/charlietuesdaygates#%21/event.php?eid=158806830819178
Facebook: http://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/Charlie-Tuesday-Gates-Artist-person/136474813038151
Review of previous exhibition: http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/spooners/lowri-257/im-thinking-of-something-stranger-2010/
Saatchi page: http://www.saatchionline.com/profiles/index/id/76291
Nothing was harmed for the making and or during the event. Everything was found dead and Charlie is a vegitarian.
The exhibition will be open for 3 days.
Love from
Charlie Gates
x

Comments

  1. Anonymous13 November 2010 at 10:39

    I have a few vegetarian friends I would like to bring along... Such a shame you are all the way down South. Do you think anything quite so interesting will reach the cold North?

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  2. Charlie Tuesday Gates18 November 2010 at 09:47

    North......Yes of course!One day it will be global!
    Love from
    Charlie Gates
    x

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