Marta Mattsson
Beetle Brooch
Copper electroformed Rhino beetle,
white cubic zirconias, silver

"In a world where not many new and exotic breeds are discovered I use dead creatures in my pieces to evoke wonder. The creatures are transformed and reborn; given a new life as objects of astonishment."

ARTISTS REPRESENTED

Marianne Anderson - John Humphreys - Nicholas Jolly

Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert - Sir Edwin Landseer

Shona MacSween - Marta Mattsson - Emerson Mayes

Paul Reid

Animals and Aliens

A Cabinet of Curiosities: 18th - 21st Century

Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Jewellery

at 108 Fine Art, 1 Crown Place, Harrogate HG1 2RY

Tel: 01423 709108 / 07798 908857

26th November 2010 - 25th January 2011

in association with Kath Libbert Jewellery. www.kathlibbertjewellery.co.uk, Salts Mill, Saltaire

"Objects speak to us and we delight in the ideas they "call up." Joseph Addison 18th Century 'The Spectator'

Spanning 250 years, a selling exhibition, examining exotic species, mythological creatures, modern mutations and aliens.
From early 18th century prints of wild animals unseen at the time by most Europeans through to new 'Alien' works by John Humphreys and Marta Mattsson's stunningly beautiful insect based jewellery, the exhibition will present a most unlikely group of disparate objects united by their timeless ability to arouse curiosity and ignite the imagination.

John Humphreys
Baby Jesus
Resin and paint sculpture
Approximately 70 x 60 x 60cm

Paul Reid
Actaeon
Oil on canvas, 2009

Nicholas Jolly
Getcha
Oil on canvas, 2009
81 x 69cm

Shona McSween
Swarovski Brooch

Marta Mattsson
Beetle Juice Brooch
Beetle, resin, yellow cubic zirconias, silver and lacquer

Marta Mattsson
Beetlemouse Brooch
Silver electroforming, beetle wings, resin

Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926] Studies of a Resting Bushpig
Pencil on paper
Signed, dated, and indistinctly inscribed ' Wilh.Kuhnert/ Palap*****(Ceyl**/ 19.6.06'
31.8 x 47.6cm

Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926] Studies of a Giraffe
Pencil on paper
Signed 'Wilh. Kuhnert'
22.8 x 30cm

Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926]
Tapir, Armadillo, Hyrax and Aardvark
Pencil on paper
Signed and dated 'W. Kuhnert/ 2.3.93' and inscribed 'Tapirus R*****/ ****** Gurteltier/ Dasypus Villosus/ Orycteropus aethiopicus/ Hyrax dorsalis'
22.8 x 31. cm