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The Crafts Council and Fife Contemporary Art & Craft are pleased to announce that Object as Muse will be on show at Kirkcaldy Museum & Art Gallery, 9 May – 21 June 2009.

Object as Muse is an exhibition that presents six different artist responses to the Asentamiento Dress by textile artist Julie Cook, part of the Crafts Council Collection.

The Asentamiento Dress is part of ‘Duende: A time for healing’, a series that was developed by Julie Cook in collaboration with counselling psychologist, Lisa Isaacs. Influenced by an expressive Andalusian culture and Flamenco song and dance, the Asentamiento Dress provides emotional catharsis to the wearer through the act of performance. Made from a cotton duvet with silk poultice and tapes it is worn as a dress that encompasses the whole body in warm, comforting duck down.

Object as Muse presents six pieces of varying disciplines in response to the Asentamiento Dress and its accompanying video performance piece. Colette Bryce, David Birkin, Dunne and Raby with Noam Toram, Tamsin van Essen, Arabel Lebrusan and Susie MacMurray present a poem, a photo, a film, six ceramic vessels, a silver mantilla and a drawing that will be shown alongside the ‘muse’. Through these very different works the artists explore rituals, neuroses, emotional and physical health and relationships, all prevalent themes in Julie Cook’s work.

Opening Times:
Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm
Sunday 2pm-5pm
Free admission

Fife Contemporary Art & Craft
www.fcac.co.uk
Tel: 01592 583213

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