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'It's the British Empire Story After a Fashion', 26 July 2011,
Publisher: The Yorkshire Post, © The Yorkshire Post 2011
Article about Susan's sculpture 'Empire Dress' and its placing amongst the galleries permanent collection. It is displayed in the Burton Gallery alongside other works of empire including Sir Joshua Reynolds’ 18th century painting of Captain John Foote, who worked for the East India Company.
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Finding a New Place for the Map , 27 October 2011, by Samuel Muston
Publisher: The Independent, © The Independent 2011
Article to coincide with 'The Art of Mapping' exhibition at the Air Gallery, London, 14 - 26 November 2011
Susan Stockwell, 1 July 2011, by Lilia Stambalova
Publisher: Eva magazine, © Eva magazine 2011
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Byte of a Flood, 8 july 2010, by Steve Pratt
Publisher: The Northern Echo, © Newsquest Media Group 2010
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Susan Stockwell York, 19 June 2010, by Robert Clark
Publisher: The Guardian, © The Guardian / Robert Clark 2010
Susan Stockwell misuses everyday objects and domestic materials to enchanting effect. Past installations have included a map of the world painted with tea on teabag paper and a quilt woven from Chinese banknotes. Here she floods the nave of the church-cum-arts-centre with an intricate sculpture mass-constructed from four tonnes of computer components. Stockwell, while playing with themes of consumer waste, refers to the "toxic exquisiteness" of her hi-tech raw materials, hinting at the double-edged fascination her best work generates. There's an aspect here of simply putting contrasting elements together to see what aesthetic and metaphorical charms might arise.
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The Guide Exhibitions
Pouring out her large-scale art in a flood of emotion, 18 June 2010, by Sarah Freeman
Publisher: The Yorkshire Post, © The Yorkshire Post 2010
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York Church Welcomes Computer Art Installation, 22 June 2010, by BBC
Publisher: BBC Website, © BBC 2010
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Stitches in time: Quilt-making as contemporary art, 15 March 2010, by Charlotte Cripps
Publisher: The Independent, © The Independent / Charlotte Cripps 2010
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A Toxic Nave of Parts, July August 2010, by Teleri Lloyd-Jones
Publisher: Crafts Magazine no. 225, © Crafts Magazine 2010
Stockwell at the Nightingale Museum, May/ June 2010,
Publisher: Crafts Magazine on line, © Crafts Magazine 2010
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