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Annely Juda Fine Art is pleased to announce an exhibition of works by Lesley Foxcroft in the fourth floor galleries.
Lesley Foxcroft works with basic materials such as card, paper, packing material and MDF, often folding, cutting, pressing, stacking or layering the material. Sixteen new works in this exhibition further Foxcroft’s exploration of MDF and, for the first time at an Annely Juda exhibition, she will introduce black MDF and lino.
Working with the architecture of the gallery, Foxcroft’s sculptures unfurl from the wall or corner of the room, subtly altering one’s experience of the space. Whilst MDF and lino are usually associated with mass production, Foxcroft’s sculptures have an earthly quality in their neutral colour palette, in contrast to their clean lines and edges. The works evoke minimalist paintings, with their play on geometric shapes, and effortlessly transform the two-dimensional into the three-dimensional through a simple fold or bend. ‘Poor’ materials are key to Foxcoft’s practise. As she states, “I work with simple, everyday materials and use them to make something new, a work that does not rely on the quality or beauty of a product”. The results are works with a delicate presence that sets them apart from other sculptures.
Foxcroft studied at Camberwell School of Fine Art and has exhibited widely throughout Europe since 1974. This is her third exhibition with Annely Juda Fine Art and coincides with a solo exhibition, Corners, at CHELSEA Space, London until October 30th.
Lesley Foxcroft is known for her works created in MDF, card and paper. Foxcroft’s use of these ordinary, everyday products, made from the deconstruction of different kinds of wood and fibres, rather than, for example, steel, bronze or marble, is an integral part of her expression as a whole: “I like the idea that the uncomplicated has a purpose: that the material does not give a sculpture its value, it is the artist that does'. By methods of folding, cutting, pressing and stacking Foxcroft arranges the material on the floor and up walls to create a dialogue between the two; her installations thereby make the commonplace aesthetic and the two-dimensional architectural.
For Foxcroft's work with MDF, she renders this hard-edged material into pure delicate forms, resulting in ascetic and ethereal sculptures. The works can be seen as both structure and adornment within the gallery space, yet they are neither. Buttressed against floor and wall, they have a force and a permanence, which are reminiscent of the power exuded by the structural elements of architectural ruins.
The delicacy of her work with Lapping paper marks a stark contrast to her bold and simple use of MDF in her sculptural works; cutting incisions and creating intricate patterns that remain simple.
Lesley Foxcroft studied at Camberwell School of Fine Art and has had numerous solo and group shows throughout the UK and Europe from 1974 onwards. Her previous solo show with Annely Juda Fine Art include 'Combination', which was exhibited in 2004, and 'Works with MDF', which was exibited in 2010.
Annely Juda Fine Art
4th Floor, 23 Dering Street
London W1S 1AW
