Lucy Ash
Description
Artist: Lucy Ash
Title: Untitled
Medium: Acrylic paint
About:
Lucy Ash is a British-Canadian artist whose practice seeks to inspire collaboration towards a more equitable future. Her exhibition Invisible Portraits, Southampton City Art Gallery 2022-23, highlighted the LGBTIQ+ community through a series of portraits and film.
“This NEST appeal egg was inspired by the history of Chichester Theatre and key dramatic ingredients: trees whose branches connect high above ground and provide a safe place for nests and eggs; the mystery and magic of forests where many Shakespeare plays take place; the wonder of transformation across time and space.
The egg’s interconnecting shapes reflect the tension and visual excitement of ancient and modern, natural and constructed performance spaces: clearings within woods and fires to light the faces of storytellers; the circular stage within the oval of the Roman Amphitheatre; the thrust stage of the Festival Theatre; multiple transformational possibilities of ‘The Tent’ (now Minerva).
My own playful exploration of shapes and colours for the NEST appeal egg suggest the promise of new talent that will conceive stories and tread the boards for the delight and inspiration of future audiences in ‘The Nest’.”
Terms and Conditions:
All eggs must be collected in person if possible from Chichester Festival Theatre, or can be hand delivered if you live within a 50 mile radius.
For any successful bids from further way or internationally please contact Appeal Director Sarah Mansell to confirm postage, which will be at the bidders expense: sarah.mansell@cft.org.uk
