Event
Susan Forsyth ARBS: Talk - Royal British Society of Sculptors
Susan Forsyth will give an illustrated talk about her practice to coincide with this wonderful exhibition of new work.
This first solo exhibition supported by the Arts Council England brings together two distinct works that explore and examine the concept of play and interaction. Using this idea of simple planes of geometric forms, Jacob's Ladder II is an eight metre high site specific gilded work that leans against the façade of the Royal British Society of Sculptors building, maintaing an engaging presence. Wiff-Waff VI is a large indoor work where visitors can play ping-pong on an oversize gilded table. Players are encouraged to invent the game as they go along and to set up a personal dialogue with the work.
Susan Forsyth was born in the Republic of Ireland and nows lives and works in London. She graduated with an MA from Kingston University in 2008 and with a BA from Chelsea College of Art and Design in 2006. Forsyth was selected as a finalist for the First@108 Public Art Award 2011; Aesthetica Creative Works Competition 2010 and Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2009. She has exhibited widely nationally and internationally in group exhibitions including, Sculpture in Paradise at Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, 2011; Wiff-Waff, ZAAT Mostra des Artes, Portugal 2010; Platform, Raymond Gun Gallery, London 2009 and Homo Ludens, Academy of Fine Art, Poland 2007.
