Mary Longford: Fold/Unfold

Somerset-based Mary Longford began her artistic career as a performance artist before working with video in recent years. She studied Fine Art in Context at the University of the West of England and her work has been exhibited in East International, Norwich Gallery; at Chapter, Cardiff and at the Threshold Gallery, Bath. The exhibition Fold/Unfold was realised through a collaboration between Picture This and Newlyn Art Gallery.

Fold/Unfold continues Mary Longford’s ongoing interest in cloth and clothing. It features the humdrum action of handling bed-linen on a washing line whilst a soft and at times disturbing narrative makes audible the woman’s inner rehearsal of what is on her mind. The work’s powerful emotional charge lies in the resonance of the physical activity and the sheets themselves, set against the quiet voice and its painful but familiar story.

Exhibition:
3 May - 7 June 2003, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall