Perfectly Imperfect
Beth Stickland, Philothea Flynn & Collete O'Kane
Opening: April 29 5:30 pm
Viewing: April 28 until May 16
Perfectly Imperfect is an exhibition that honours the handmade.
It invites the viewer to slow down and notice the details that are often overlooked: the varied brushstroke, the uneven marks, the small surprises that occur when a material responds to the hand that shapes it. These details are not flaws. They are evidence of life.
The works in this exhibition arise from time spent in close contact with material. Pigment that moves at the pace of the painter. Clay that softens and hardens with the day. Metal that yields only through heat and patience.
These objects and surfaces do not aim for perfect replication. They hold something much more valuable: presence.
In a world where machines and algorithms can now produce flawless and infinitely repeatable outcomes, it becomes important to ask why handmade things still matter. We return to them because they feel honest. They carry the trace of the maker’s body, thinking, and emotional state. They remind us that to be human is to be shaped through change, through mistakes, through the unexpected.
{ Gallery 2 }
