Coming up at the library in August 2012

A NATURAL SELECTION

An Exhibition of Sculpture and Framed Three-Dimensional Works

by

Fiona Heron



Natural Collection, Fiona Heron, 2012

Fiona Heron is an artist, photographer and landscape architect. Inspired by the intriguing, organic patterns of Nature, Fiona’s creativity is fuelled by a desire to infuse Nature’s poetry into visual expression. Her work embraces the dual influence of Natural and Architectural forms and is enlivened with an elegant formality. Inhabitants of Manchester will already be familiar with her work - as Fiona is the creator of the  11m high bronze Tree of Rememberance that can be found in Piccadilly Gardens.

Fiona makes no distinction between the different fields of her work, be it sculpture, landscape architecture or photography. Rather, she has a central creative vision which is expressed through each chosen medium. Her expression derives from a deeply-felt personal link with Nature and a decisive awareness of how it exists within a distinctive, man-made context. The Fiona Heron Practice strap line – ‘the nature of art and design’ - carries this message with light-hearted ambiguity.



Nest, Fiona Heron, 2012


In the same way that Fiona makes no discrimination between the different aspects of her work, she rejects the division made between science and art: this philosophy is embodied in A Natural Selection. Responding to the historic context of the Portico Library and its internal architecture, the exhibition plays upon a Darwinian reference in bringing together what might be termed a free-standing and framed personal collection of art species. In keeping with the main character of her work, Fiona merges natural and architectural forms with an innovative approach to materials and techniques.

 Preview on Wednesday 1^st August, 6pm-8pm

http://fionaheronpreview.eventbrite.com/

Exhibition continues until 30^th August 2012

Admission to preview and throughout the exhibition is free

For further details, phone the Library on 0161 236 6785 or e-mail exhibitions@theportico.org.uk