Wilton Way Gallery, 61 Wilton Way, E81BG
Wilton Way Gallery presents Half-Bambi, Half-Cow, the first solo presentation of work by
Katie King. Working exclusively with textiles in her practice as a methodology for image
making, King experiments with various fibre manipulations in order to create animated
films and still lifes. Techniques in this show include broomstick pleating, freehand quilting
and embroidery on silk, as well as printed cut-out collage.
Katie King is a recent graduate from your MA Animation programme, and her first solo show Half Bambi, Half Cow examines contemporary feminine identity and the tensions between what is aesthetically pleasing but morally suspect. As the artist notes of the woman she is examining across her work: “This has been an opportunity to imagine the female character I am fascinated with. She is not wholly Bambi or cow, but somewhere in that ironic gap in-between; she is ‘Half-Bambi, Half-Cow.’
