Cross Roads and Forked Tongues

New British Sculpture: Featuring the work of Mark Ingham, Rob Kesler, Sharon Kivland, Cornelia Parker, Steven Pippin, John Plowman, Hermione Wiltshire, Julia Wood. At Air Gallery curated by Iwona Blazwick.

My work consisted of 3 elements:
Forked Tongue and Silver Spoon in his Mouth 1986 (Silver spoons and forks beaten flat) Outside Installation Rosebury Avenue London UK
and
Crossroads 1986 Radios, Cardboard, Maps, Clocks, Barbed Wire. In the Air Gallery.
and
A series of miniature sculptures hanging from 60 of the slatted drain covers in the drains around Rosebury Avenue. 1200 pieces of plastic jewellery were installed, to be glimpsed fleetingly.

CREATIVE ACTS: Curating and Writing with Artists by Tracy WARR for her Ph.D 2006
She writes:
I. I New British Sculpture Show Commentary
I was the External Sites Organiser for this exhibition, which was one of the first site-based art projects in the UK. Iwona Blazwick and I selected the eight artists together. Each artist was commissioned to make one work for the gallery and one for the vicinity of the gallery. I worked with the artists to Identify external sites for their work and gained permissions, working in co-operation with Islington Council and a number of other site owners. Blazwick organised the installation of the gallery work and I was responsible for the installation of the site work. (Warr 2005:105)

John Plowman [illus. 19] made a drawing on a pile of old washing machines on a piece of v/aste ground, Cornelia Parker installed tiny sculptures on lampposts, Steven Pippin turned a derelict building Into a pinhole camera, Hermione Wiltshire re-textured and coloured an empty house, Sharon Kivland took photographs inside the Italian Social Centre and exhibited the photographs on the outside of the building, Mark Ingham Installed minature sculptures In drains, Julia Wood’s work spread across the exterior walls of the gallery and its neighbouring buildings – a block of flats and a school, and Robert Kessler made a large wall work in a disused garage. (Warr 2005:105)

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