Blind Faith
2022
Blind Faith (2022) consists of a 1’42” film projected onto a mixed media crochet empty pill packet hanging. Blind Faith explores the power imbalance of the pharmaceutical companies highlighted through the ongoing opioid epidemic as yet another example of the social contract’s failure. The piece highlights and scrutinises this power imbalance respective of the cure model approach within the pre-existing model of health which is itself conflated with the rampant disposability of administered and distributed medication ephemera. The artwork also actively interrogates the quote, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” to reverses its logic.
Ones To Watch 2023
Ones to Watch returns to the Gallery for its tenth year in 2023, showcasing some of the most exciting emerging talent Yorkshire has to offer. The exhibition brings together work by artists from across disciplines, from painting to sculpture, film, photography, ceramics, design and more. After several testing years, these 38 students are truly proving their resilience through their incredible work.
THE ARTISTS – Abi Charlesworth, Alice Chen, Amelia Klein, Amy D’Agorne, Amy Middlemiss, Anna Turner, Astrid Butt, Bianca Wallis-Salmon, Celeste Drouin-Davis, Danielle Kalinovskis, Darcey Axon, El Chettleburgh, Eliza Evans, Ella Joy Nelson, Ellis Murrell, Florian Hynam, Fran Chambers, George Storm Fletcher, Grace Clifford, Innes Thompson, Izzy Webb, Jack Osmond, Jesse McMahon, Joanne Tiffany, Kai Brooks, Lily Orset, Lewis Andrews, Lucy Cross (LUCE), Lucy Dewsnap (Bearsuit), Maja Novak, Manuela Amey,Millie Thompson, Molly Huxley, Molly Newham, Nell Tomlinson, Oran Rose O’Sullivan, Tiegan Handley, Zoe Maxwell.
THE JUDGES – This year’s judges were from the Curatorial Team from Yorkshire Sculpture Park – Helen Pheby (Associate Director, Programme), Sarah Coulson (Senior Curator / Publications Lead), Louise Lohr (Assistant Curator) and Eloise Bennett (Curatorial Assistant) in conjunction with our own Gallery Team. (Sunny Bank Mills, 2023)
Links
Sunny Bank Mills website (External link) - About the event - Ones to Watch 2023 - Sunny Bank Mills | Arts Events in Leeds
Sunny Bank Mills website (External link) - About the artist - Joanne Tiffany - Sunny Bank Mills | Art Gallery & Business Space in Leeds