Helen Britton at Galerie Louise Smit

[Montserrat Lacomba]

When I saw the first pieces of Helen Britton only about two years ago, I fell in love with her work and since then I have tried to stay informed about what she's making. Today is the
opening of the exhibition "Wet, Glittering, Dark: Shiny, Pointy, Sharp" at Galerie Louise Smit. These are her words:

"I started traveling to the Thuringer forest in 2001, because of my
obsession with glass christmas decorations. This obsession has nothing
to do with christmas, but with childhood, memory, romance and loss. By
2006 I had understood enough about my obsession to start to turn it into
work, which was fully realized during my residency as City goldsmith
in Erfurt in 2007. This residency gave me the time to concentrate not
only on the glass objects and history of this region but on the
landscape, geography, architecture and atmosphere in general of the
small villages were I was spending my time. The residency culminated in
an exhibtion of Jewellery, drawings and photographs. The second
significant body of work that then came out of this experience was show
at the bavarian crafts council in 2009 under the title of " Somewhere
Else Completely". Now over a year later, and many more visits to the
region the work has become more about the forest itself and about my
own romantic fantasy. This body of work , now a preoccupation for
almost 10 years has always included photographs and drawings. It is
also the first project that has a geographical specificity outside my
own country. In a way this work has also been about coming to terms
with living in Europe - a way for me to really arrive."

Helen Britton

Posts from this artist on Mar de Color Rosa blog

[Montserrat Lacomba]

Thank you Colleen, she is one of my favourite artists too.

[Colleen Baran]

Wonderful feature, one of my favourite artists.