Liane Lang to unveil her latest work, Classifier, at the National Stone Centre, Wirksworth.
Liane Lang is a London-based artist who has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally, including the Musée de Beaux Arts Calais, PS1 New York and Kunstverein Heidelberg. Her work is held in numerous collections, such as Arts Council England, the Royal Academy of Arts, the Saatchi Collection, Deutsche Bank, Kunstverein Bregenz and the Collection of the Kunstamt Spandau, Berlin. She has a special interest in statues and historic monuments and whilst her practice is primarily photographic she often uses alternative processes and printing on a variety of materials including stone, concrete and metals.
Former artist in residence with the Wirksworth Festival, Liane was supported by the George Frampton Fund to create a public sculpture. The resulting work will be launched September 6th, 3-5pm at the National Stone Centre in Wirksworth. All are welcome.
Closely connected to the history of the Stone Centre and the town of Wirksworth, Classifier is a 4 metre diameter steel funnel that was the cone section from a larger piece of manufacturing equipment used at a local quarry site. Kindly donated by Longcliffe Quarries, the now repurposed cone would once have selected limestone by size. Over several months, Liane took photographs in the local area, both above and below ground and applied the images to the steel surface. The work brings together many types and uses of stone, from the neolithic arm chair at Harboro Rocks to the ancient quarries on Stanton Moor, to tunnels deep below ground, where limestone, Blue John and lead ore were extracted by generations of people living in Derbyshire.
The artist wants to thank everyone who helped make the project possible. Thanks to the RA George Frampton Committee, to Sarah Fry at IQ, Anna Farnsworth at NSC, Mark Whittaker and colleagues at Longcliffe Quarries, for making it possible. Mairead Rutter O’Connor and Astrid Babenko for traipsing across old quarries and ancient sites to be photographed. Scott Mead, Tim Burroughs and Anne Erhard at Bramley Studios for amazing print support. Martin Brooks, John and Jude Wheeldon, Jenny and Gabs Babenko, Bernie Rutter and Denis O’Connor, Chris and Sarah Armstrong and Kate Bellis for sustenance, shelter and moral support.
Image credit: Kate Bellis. For more information about Liane Lang and her work visit Contemporary Art | Liane Lang