Solo Exhibition and Residency.
POLLEN, Monflanquin, France.

Residency January 2nd – February 4th, 2011.
Solo Exhibition 4th February – 4th March 2011.

Exploring the language of sculpture Laura White uses a range of materials from everyday objects to constructed matter. She is interested in our relationship and negotiation with the ‘stuff’ of the world, from the readymade to the handmade, image to objects, the representational to the abstract, playing with value, profile, association and meaning of individual and collections of objects. These objects/arrangements occupy a fluid space, on one hand demanding critical discourse, and on the other its own ambiguous, intuitive logic.
For this exhibition at Pollen, Laura extends her ongoing fascination and investigation into objects she comes across, from those found in bricolage and craft shops to the objects in and on the periphery of our living and working spaces, such as an arrangement of objects in a shop window or ornaments clustered on a mantelpiece. Thinking about the pile of objects we acquire, borrow and give away during our lives, Laura is interested in ideas and questions around their relational placement and display, where an object can be just as much a decoration, ornament or centerpiece as it is an artwork in a gallery. Objects she makes from everyday and ready available materials, such as tinfoil, clay and expanding foam appear on one hand familiar, and yet equally strange and unfamiliar like prototypes or hybrids. We are encouraged to question our own taste and the value given to these objects, pointing us back out into the world where the strangeness is not so much in the gallery but the objects we come across everyday in our lives.

Since 1991, Pollen has been welcoming artists of all nationalities, enabling them to realize a specific project or else to pursue personal research. Pollen is a platform for communication, exchange and experimentation.

Pollen is supported by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs (DRAC Aquitaine), the Regional Council of Aquitaine, Lot-et-Garonne County Council, and the Office of Cultural Affairs of the Lot-et-Garonne (ODAC), as well as the Mairie of Monflanquin.

Residency provided a stipend of 3500 Euros, studio and accommodation.
During the residency Laura delivered 4 public talks about her work to local schools and residents.
The residency was focused around developing and producing new work for a solo exhibition in the 2 galleries at POLLEN. Laura’s solo exhibition opened at the end of the residency period.

Related information on website
http://www.laura-white.co.uk/installations/for-living-for-loving-for-loathing-room-1/
http://www.laura-white.co.uk/installations/for-living-for-loving-for-loathing-room-2/

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/5765