SUPERNATURE: Lily Prigent & David Shillinglaw
A joint exhibition by the world-renowned Margate-based artists, following their dubut in Salisbury in 2023 with 'Meet me in the Garden – Rendez-vous dans le Jardin'
Lily and David present ‘Supernature’, a body of work that celebrates the natural world. The artists are a couple; they share a home and studio and although their approach and aesthetic can sometimes contrast, both artists are heavily drawn to nature as a constant source of inspiration. The exhibition is a cross-pollination of ideas, objects, materials and techniques, and the result of many years collecting and studying together.
Nature is super. Planet Earth is Supernatural. If we remain curious there is a world of magic at our fingertips, a never-ending list of remarkable designs that we have so much to learn from.
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
-Albert Einstein
We are animists*, all of us. Whether we realise it or not, we worship nature. We invest meaning into sacred ground, magic rocks, medicinal plants, precious metals and minerals. We celebrate rainbows, volcanos, and the ebb and flow of seasonal transitions. Nature has the power to shape our landscape and sustain systems on which we all depend. There is no separation; we are part and particle of the natural world.
Lily and David invite you to look closer at nature and discover connections that support the idea that we are all made from the same stuff. Everything is connected; the micro and macro systems collide and overlap. Hidden under soil and layers of skin, the world grows and decays in a harmony of brutal beauty.
*animist: a person who believes all natural things, such as plants, animals, rocks and thunder have spirits and can influence human events