Jo Gibbs: Smashed Up, Exhibition at Putney Library

Forty years after attending her first art classes at Putney College, which inspired an exciting career in design, Jo Gibbs presents an exhibition of her latest works at Putney Library. ‘Smashed Up’ comprises a series of arresting works made from abandoned materials found on skips and street corners. The objects are stripped of their everyday camouflage and given new life and purpose.

Her latest collection includes slates billowing with beautiful etching, old mirrors transformed into optical worlds, a (found) chair with spinning avocado balls, and objects augmented with her signature ‘etching’ technique, a method that transfers complex repeating lace patterns onto natural surfaces. Jo Gibbs “transforms the unwanted to the sublime” (Vogue) and asks us to rethink our throwaway culture.

Jo Gibbs breathes new life into humdrum objects with a gentle delicacy that gives them new meaning. The success of this kind of work depends on a great eye and a sensitive approach.” Kevin McCloud, Grand Designs

 Jo Gibbs trained at Chelsea School of Art in Textile Design and graduated with a distinction as a Master of Arts student. Global lifestyle brand Anthropologie bought her entire degree show of etched slates, Bauhaus chairs and mirrors for their gallery in New York’s Rockefeller Centre. She has been selected for London Design Week as one of Kevin McCloud’s Green Heroes and shown at The King’s Foundation’s ‘Arts and Crafts House’ and ‘Best of Britain’ exhibitions.

 ‘Smashed Up’ will be displayed at Putney Library for October and is free to visit. Brixton Brewery, Brixton Beer, and Arts Council England support the exhibition.

Opening times:
Monday: 9 am – 8 pm
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 9 am – 8 pm
Thursday: 9 am – 8 pm
Friday: 9 am – 5 pm
Saturday: 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday: 1 pm – 5 pm

Workshop: Get Creative
Wednesday, 30 October, 2-7 pm
Join Jo for a workshop on painting avocado skins! (max 20)

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