Patriothall Gallery
Staple Matter
6 – 25 August 2013
Despina Nissiriou, Recovering my Fathers' Arms, 2012
At the start of the 20th century, the Patriothall building was used as a co-operative bakery that provided food for Stockbridge and the wider area. Abandoned in the 1940s it was converted by artists into studios in the 1980s and today, housing WASPS artist-run studios, retains many architectural elements from its former use.
In Staple Matter, Kjersti Sletteland and Despina Nissiriou explore the secrets of this building, creating site-specific work that enters a playful dialogue with its history. The ground is laid rich with analogies: between making bread and making ceramics; the bread and the body; the body and society; and between the building and the body.
This exhibition is supported by an Edinburgh Art Festival bursary.
Tues–Sun, 12–6pm
Free admission
Patriothall Gallery
1D Patriothall, off Hamilton Place, Stockbridge, EH3 5AY
0131 226 7126
Events
4 August 2013
Exhibition Preview: Staple Matter
2–5pm
Free, all welcome
10 August 2013
Guided tour: Staple Matter
3–3.30pm
Free admission