As part of the Platform Graduate Award 2024, Tender Grounds showcases the work of Katrina and Luca Dayanc (University of Reading), Ash Goller (Oxford Brookes University), and Jamie Bragg (Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford).
Tender Grounds explores the delicate and fragile qualities that connect four artists’ works, both in their materiality and their emotional undertones. The artworks are imbued with a shared sense of tenderness, reflecting themes of vulnerability, sensitivity, and rawness.
The artists have curated reading and viewing lists to accompany the exhibition, offering a glimpse into the works that inspire them.
Ash Goller – Oxford Brookes University
Reading List:
- Bailey, J. (2021). Many hands make a quilt: Short histories of radical quilting.
- Gaian, K. (2023). Twenty Eight: Stories from the Section 28 generation.
- Jeffery-Poulter, S. (1991). Peers, queers & commons: The struggle for gay law reform from 1950 to the present.
- Goldin, N., & Wojnarowicz, D. (1994). Love, sex, art, and death: In September of 1990, David Wojnarowicz and photographer Nan Goldin, longtime friends, sat down to a three-hour conversation. Aperture, (137), 56–69.
- Grey, A. (1993). Speaking of sex: The limits of language.
Artists’ Works:
- Brannick, B., & Bigsby-Bye, A. (2023). Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt. Retrieved from https://www.instagram.com/transjoyquilt/
- West, E., Lawn, J., Lievens, C., & Hill, A. (2023). The Transition Quilt.
- Wojnarowicz, D. (1990). One Day This Kid… From Desire…A Queer Diary [curated by Nan Goldin].
- Biogal. (2023). A Hatching Place.
Jamie Bragg – Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford
Reading List:
- Davies, N., & Molesworth, H. (2020). Noah Davies.
- Batchelor, D. (2000). Chromaphobia.
- Sontag, S. (2019). Regarding the Pain of Others.
- Koerner, J. L. (2009). Monstrance.
Viewing List:
- Michael Rosenfeld Gallery New York. (2023). Agony and Ecstasy [Exhibition by Bob Thompson].
- Hales and Grimm Gallery London. (2023). Double Spar [Exhibition by Anthony Cudahy].
- Grimm Gallery London. (2023). Close [Group exhibition curated by Russell Tovey].
Katrina and Luca Dayanc – University of Reading
Reading List:
- Tschumi, B. (1996). Architecture and Disjunction. MIT Press.
- Bataille, G. (1993). Abjection and miserable forms. More or Less.
- Han, B.-C. (2018). The expulsion of the other: Society, perception and communication today. John Wiley & Sons.
- Evans, C. (2003). Fashion at the edge: Spectacle, modernity, and deathliness. Yale University Press.
- Bois, Y.-A. (1997). Formless: A User’s Guide.
Artists’ Works:
- Ferro, G. (n.d.). Turning Into. Retrieved from https://gustyferro.com/Turning-Into
- Hauser & Wirth. (2024, May 23). Phyllida Barlow – Unscripted. Retrieved from https://www.hauserwirth.com/hauser-wirth-exhibitions/phyllida-barlow
- The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass). (n.d.). Retrieved from https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/54149
- Tate. (2023, November). Joseph Beuys 1921-1986. Retrieved from https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-beuys-747
Viewing List:
- ICA. (2011, September 14). What Is the Use of Ornament in Contemporary Art and Architecture? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B14uaSxLong
- NEW NOVETA. (2018, June 15). Fateful – New Noveta with Vindicatrix [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2fZgAAPIsU
- Collins, B. F. (2014, May 30). How To Too Much [Video]. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/96913802
- Etchells, T. (2021, October 17). This Instrument. Retrieved from https://timetchells.com/projects/this-instrument/
Tender Grounds is on display in our Ground Floor Gallery from 2 November – 1 December 2024.