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Laura Aldridge's installation “Fieldwork (new colours arrive daily)” features an earthy palette with prominent orange fabric draped like a curtain, juxtaposed with a textured, dark ceramic element above. The composition includes flowing yellow strands, evoking movement and continuity. The mix of materials—fabric and ceramics—creates a tactile and dynamic piece, characteristic of Aldridge’s exploration of three-dimensional collage. This work challenges viewers to engage sensory perception, balancing viewing and experiencing, while suggesting themes of change and renewal in line with Aldridge’s ongoing exploration of subjective and objective interaction. ...
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Laura Aldridge works with a broad range of media; photography, textiles, ceramics, glass and with processes such as printing, casting and dyeing. Aldridge’s body of work moves freely between wall-based reliefs and sculptural assemblages or installations, playing on the abilities of ‘collage’ to operate in two and three-dimensions. Aldridge’s work often explores the double-bind of subjectivity and objectivity, making versus experiencing, viewing versus participating, attraction versus repulsion. Her work invites an impulsive response that is interrupted by barriers that limit a physical engagement with the work itself. At this intersection Aldridge allows the intuitive and the sensory to unfold - giving weight to a viewers own sensory reaction and experience. ...
Laura Aldridge: Artworks
Founded in 2011, Kendall Koppe is a Glasgow-based gallery committed to championing under-represented voices in contemporary art, with a particular focus on queer and female artists. The gallery fosters a space where personal narratives intersect with broader cultural, historical, and social contexts, while also advocating for Scotland’s role in the international visual arts landscape.