FALSEWORK
Mark Halliday

STATION
Phoenix Wharf, Bristol BS1 6TL
(Next to Redcliffe Caves, opposite Severnshed Restaurant)
Tel: 07833736950

Preview Friday 9th September 2005, 6pm-9pm
Open Saturday 10th September until Sunday 16th September, 12noon – 6pm

Artist Mark Halliday will be out on the Redclif quayside at Bristol art space Station making a large-scale temporary public sculpture based around the façade of the tiny 19th century fireboat building. The project will unfold throughout August and September, coinciding with Bristol Doors Open Day on the 10th September. www.bristoldoorsopenday.org/

The title of the sculpture, FALSEWORK, is taken from the name given to any scaffolding or support that is destroyed after completion of the erection of an architectural feature or construction.

FALSEWORK is part of an on-going exploration by Halliday of the nature of temporary structures in building and construction. This is in keeping with a wider interest in raw materials and pragmatic decision-making. The work he makes is produced utilising a mixture of highly developed acquired skills and an amateur improvisation, through which he can make enquiries into basic ideas concerning the language of sculpture.

The show is accompanied by a catalogue and essay by Dr Jonathan Clarkson.

Mark Halliday studied painting at Birmingham and then sculpture and bronze casting at the Royal College of Art. He currently teaches sculpture at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.

STATION, situated by Redcliffe Caves on Phoenix Wharf, is a contemporary artists’ space. Originally a fireman’s hut, Station now offers opportunities for artists to respond to the building, it’s history and the changing situation of the docks.
www.stationbristol.co.uk
Supported by Arts Council England, Bristol City Council and UWIC.

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