RAW

RAW is a comment on what it means to be human. Made up of 7 textile and mixed-media works featuring zips and visceral flesh-like forms, these represent past and present pains in our collective and personal lives. Hung from heavy chain that anchor (or perhaps restrict and tie) the pieces to the space, visitors were invited to pause and reflect. Cold hard ironmongery and chain contrast with the soft yielding flesh. Trailing entrails spill and unravel onto the floor reminiscent perhaps of fractured lives. Wounds and trailing lines punctuate the void.

Exhibited as part of the ArtContex takeover of The Minories gallery in Colchester in October 2025, RAW confronted the ubiquitous pain in our lives. 7 unique but visually connected wound-like sculptures suspended from metal meat hooks and heavy chain invited reflection and discussion, followed by acceptance, resolution and inspiration for some. Sharing traumas with others through the work affirmed for Sue the power of what art can do.