
The Assembly House Summer Open 2021
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We were very pleased to welcome visitors back to the House in 2021 for the return of our Open exhibition. The open call received 900 submissions, and 40 artworks were selected. The works in the show included paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints, textiles and ceramics.
The Summer Open 2021 was selected by: Gilly Fox, Curator, Hayward Gallery Touring; Caroline Fisher, Trustee of The Assembly House Trust and Director of Caroline Fisher Projects; Henry Jackson Newcomb, Visual Arts Coordinator for The Assembly House Trust.
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Kaitlin Ferguson, A Mountain in a Grain of Sand, Riso prints on paper, 56 × 76 cm, edition of 10
Helen Breach, Making-up George, Acrylic on canvas, 60 × 40 cm
Liz Monahan, Girls’ Day Out, Oil on linen, 55 × 85 cm
Mary Mellor, Up Down and Crosswise, Acrylic on muslin, 54 × 54 cm
Benjamin Alden, I’m Just Letting the Light into My Eyes, Gouache on watercolour paper, 36 × 36 cm
Clara Mukasa, FAREDA, Oil on canvas, 46.5 × 57 cm
Alex Howard, Untitled 2, Mixed media, 25 × 30 cm
Chris Blackburn, Pull, Ink on paper, 33 × 50 cm
Paul Fenner, All of them are Eating, Oil on board , 36 × 52 cm
Craig Halliday, Untitled, Mixed media, 40 × 13 × 17 cm
Thomas Scannell, Big bunch of flowers on a blue table, House paint, acrylic and oil paint, 51 × 41 cm
Rebecca Guyver, Egg-Envy, Egg tempera on board, 32 × 42 cm
Lisa Gates, Oaks through Hawthorn, Mixed media on canvas, 54 × 54 cm
Jane Wareham, Up in the fields Winter, Oil on board, 25 × 30 cm
Tessa Newcomb, The Girl, Oil on board, 13.5 × 33 cm
Tamlin Lundberg, Saltmarsh Walk – Dusk, Porcelain with porcelain slips and black glaze , 18 × 65 × 85 cm
Marisa Alaoui, Whispering Willows, Giclee print of a pencil and graphite drawing, 30 × 21 cm
Emily Cannell, Humber, Thames, Dover, Wight, Photograph, 29.7 × 42 cm, edition 1 of 5
Mandy Rogers, Membrane 2, Charcoal and acrylic on paper, 70 × 60 × 8 cm
Annie Hall, Remembering Summer, Mixed media on board, finished with cold wax medium, 40.5 × 33 cm
Eleanor Alison, Lockdown Survival Kit, Oil on board, 35 × 35 cm
Liam Clark, Still Life of a National Disgrace, Acrylic on paper, 70 × 100 cm
Rachel Kurdynowska, Hope, for 2021 Ceramic, hand-built, 5 × 30 × 30 cm each
Ingrida Bagdonaite, At Midnight, Oil on canvas, 183 × 117 cm
Anna Brass, Arlecchino, Wool, tufting cloth, thread, calico, glue, 180 × 105 cm
Alida Kuzemczak-Sayer, In Course II, Japanese mulberry paper, ink, cotton tying tape, 7 × 41 × 28 cm
Stephen Aderanti, Hammerbrain, Digital painting, 50 × 30 cm
Simon Nunn, Untitled, Suffolk, Polaroid Mini photograph, 42 × 30 cm
Nicola Hockley, In Situ, Photograph, 111 × 79 cm, edition of 5
Tim Molloy, Family Group, Discarded plastics, wood and metals, 29 × 8 × 32 cm
Rory McShane, Porcelain Box with Woodcut, Porcelain and woodcut. 16 × 12 × 12 cm, edition of 5
Alex Curry, Sandringham, Indian Ink, 45 × 40 cm
Paula Averkamp, Kathi, Photograph, 59.4 × 42 cm, edition of 5
Vic Dawson, Laboratory Store, Stencil monoprint, 40 × 40 cm
Sebastian Goschen, Queen Elizabeth, Pencil on paper, 45 × 55 cm
Nicky Stainton, Flyover Summer, Acrylic on board, 43 × 33 cm
Bonvin & Eden, Study for a Video, Framed watercolour with acrylic, 31.7 × 37 cm
Bob Bicknell-Knight, Studio View (August 25th, 2019), Ink and acrylic on canvas, 20 × 20 cm
Matthew Richardson, Concept of Law, Collage on found board, 30 × 40 cm
Tom Medwell, Beacon, Silver gelatin photographic print, glazed tulipwood frame 132 × 104 cm, edition of 3
Download a digital copy of the exhibition handout.
The design for the exhibition and marketing material is by Michael Kelly.