Art in Romney Marsh 2016
St Clements & St Thomas à Becket
Art in Romney Marsh is a festival of modern art that has taken place every year since 2003. Exciting new creative work in a variety of media, presented in the eerie yet beautiful setting of some of the tiny churches dotted around on Romney Marsh in Kent. For Art in Romney Marsh 2016, Davis created two site specific installations for St Clements Church, Old Romney & St Thomas à Becket, Fairfield. The festival took place over 4 weekends in September & October 2016.
'Salt - Gold - Marsh'. 2016, Gold leaf, salt, plaster and tarpaulin. Art in Romney Marsh Site specific installation. St Clements Church, Old Romney.
Wash me Thoroughly. 2016, Soap lettering tablet. Art in Romney Marsh site specific installation. Thomas a Becket Church, Fairfield.
Wash yourselves make yourselves clean. 2016, Soap lettering tablet. Art in Romney Marsh site specific installation. Thomas a Becket Church, Fairfield.
Scrub the wound (2). 2016, Soap. (detail) Art in Romney Marsh site specific installation. Thomas a Becket Church, Fairfield.
POTHOLES London x Liverpool. 2020
SET LEWISHAM
Wolf Tap, made for POTHOLES at SET Lewisham, references a particular Victorian water pump in the City of London, whose sinister waters caused a mass outbreak of sickness in 1876. POTHOLES was an exhibition during the November Lockdown of 2020 showing new work by London based artists Sarah Davis and Alex Stone and Liverpool based artists Josie Jenkins and Max Mallender. The work was curated for window viewing only.
For the full experience please follow this link to hear the accompanying sound piece.
Plaster, Stainless steel Bucket & Water.
