“What do we make when we want to make something special? What does that say about us, and what we think is important? When we make, we manifest. A thing is in the house that wasn’t there before, and what on earth are you supposed to do with it? What is it to crown yourself, especially if you increasingly look like your mother, who recently died. Is the sparkle real, and does it even matter?”

Launching the latest solo show by mixed-media creative Anna Marlen-Summers.

Join us in person on Friday, 12th January at the Picturehouse to immerse yourself in this free exhibition of recent re-works by the artist, created in response to the remnants of her previous exhibitions Trying (2022) and Trace (2021), a visit to Vienna (where she saw the relics of various saints in various churches and the bejewelled skeletons of Germany’s rural Catholic churches as photographed by Paul Koudounaris) and a vaguely remembered talk attended some time in 2010-ish.

No RSVP necessary, just turn up!

The evening also celebrates the exhibition launch of Equilibrium by fine artist Maria Rado.

Sales proceeds go towards supporting the artist’s growth and funding public programmes in advancing and diversifying engagement in visual storytelling.