As part of her research in to aspects of the ‘precious’ for the Rootstein Hopkins Award, Zoe Williams has invited London based Artist, Susan Collis to give a talk on her intricate practice at Spike Associates.

 

Collis’s practice involves the subversion of time frame and visual perception through the manipulation of everyday objects. Ladders, screws, lengths of timber and dust sheets –appear stained and discarded at first glance, yet on closer inspection are found to be made from precious materials. White gold screws and platinum nails protrude from a carefully inlaid piece of rosewood, whilst diamond encrusted coral Rawl plugs line the walls, redeeming that which would otherwise have been plastered over.

 

Collis has a forthcoming solo show at IKON Gallery in Birmingham and is this years chosen artist for the Armory Show, New York. She is represented by Seventeen Gallery, London.