Installations

The installations at Collect are special moments within the fair where contemporary craft can be celebrated in a different way. Collect 2024 featured two exceptional installations.

Moon landing, Margo Selby, represented by Cynthia Corbett Gallery. Image courtesy of Margo Selby

1. 'Special Mentions'

LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize
West Wing, Somerset House

In the West Wing, for the first time in the UK, LOEWE FOUNDATION showcased the work of the only two shortlisted artists to receive the high acknowledgement of 'special mention' for the 2023 edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize.

Transfer Surface
Walnut bark
Moe Watanabe, Japan

This simple yet powerful box is made from walnut bark, collected from the Tohoku region of Japan. The bark has been stripped and then moulded to create a simple box shape made from one large strip, showing a fantastic understanding and respect of the material in its manipulation.

Transfer Surface, Moe Watanabe. Image courtesy of LOEWE FOUNDATION

The Watchers
Wood/acrylic
Dominique Zinkpè, Benin

The assemblage features intricately detailed wooden statuettes, carved from individual pieces of solid wood and placed within a wooden frame, crafted from an old canoe. Drawing on the Yoruba belief that twins hold special significance and powers, each figurine recalls the tradition of families creating an Ibéji doll when a twin dies in infancy to represent the soul of the deceased in physical form so it can continue to be cared for on earth.

The Watchers, Dominique Zinkpè. Image courtesy of LOEWE FOUNDATION

2. Moon Landing

Margo Selby
Presented at Collect by Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Stamp Stair, Somerset House

Hanging in the Grade 1 listed Stamp Stair at Somerset House, was a stunning 15 metre long hand-woven artwork. Entitled Moon Landing, it was created especially for the fair and is a celebration of the mathematical and technical possibilities of weaving and the crossovers of pattern, tone and rhythm found in music and woven textiles. The project was inspired by the extraordinary and little-known story of the women who used their traditions of intricate weaving to create the integrated circuits and memory cores that resulted in the successful 1969 moon landing.

Moon landing, Margo Selby. Image courtesy of Margo Selby

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