Sean Edwards, ‘chased losses’, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Installation View, 2022. Photo: Kate-Bowe O’Brien. Courtesy of the artist and Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin.
‘Primers’ offer an opportunity to hear from artists during the development of new projects with The Common Guild. As part of the upcoming project ‘anywhere in the universe’, this first 'Primers' event of the new year brings Sean Edwards to Glasgow to talk about his artistic practice to date.
Sean Edwards’ work investigates the sculptural and political potential of the everyday, often using remnants and fragments of previous activities as a starting point. In many of the works there is a sense of objects being in-progress, indeterminate and open to change. The work intertwines simple sculptural objects, mixed media installations and audio-visual components with personal family and political histories.
Sean Edwards, ‘chased losses’, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Installation View, 2022. Photo: Kate-Bowe O’Brien. Courtesy of the artist and Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin.
Sean Edwards (b. Cardiff 1980), graduated with an MA from the Slade School of Art in 2005, and is currently Programme Director for Fine Art & Photography at Cardiff School of Art and Design.
Edwards represented Wales at the 58th Venice Biennale (2019) and was awarded the Turner Prize Bursary in 2020 for the installation ‘Undo Things Done’.
Recent solo exhibitions include 'chased losses', Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin (2022); ‘distant borrowing’, Tanya Leighton, Berlin (2021); ‘Undo Things Done’, Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham, Senedd, National Assembly for Wales and Bluecoat, Liverpool (both 2020); ‘Drawn in Cursive’, MOSTYN, Llandudno and Network, Aalst, Belgium; ‘Putting Right’ Limoncello, London (both 2014); ‘Resting Through’ Kunstverein Freiburg (2012); and ‘Maelfa’ Spike Island, Bristol (2011). Group shows include ‘British Art Show 9’, Hayward Touring and ‘The World We Live In’, Southbank Art Centre, London (both 2022); ‘Olaph the Oxman’, Copperfield Gallery, London (2019); ‘49a’, Limoncello, Woodbridge (2016); ‘This is Your Replacement’, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf (2016); ‘Un Nouveau Festival 2015’ Centre Pompidou, Paris; and ‘Finite Project Altered When Open’, David Dale Gallery & Studios, Glasgow (both 2015), amongst others.
Event Details
This in-person event takes place on Thursday 2nd February from 6 – 8pm at the University of Glasgow’s Yudowitz Lecture Theatre.
'Primers' are presented in collaboration with Dr. Dominic Paterson at the University of Glasgow.
Tickets
Free. Book in advance here.
Location
The Yudowitz Lecture Theatre is located within the Wolfson Medical Building on University Avenue.
Access
The Lecture Theatre is on the ground floor. The venue is wheelchair accessible with accessible toilets
