23rd February – 2nd March

Please join us for a Private View on the 22nd February 6.30pm

Gallery open Monday to Saturday 12-6pm and by appointment.

“These are artists that keep you guessing. Their new directions are never a random decision, but always come from a deep knowledge of their individual and joint practices. There’s a joy in the doing and yet a profound underlying seriousness to the play.” Simon Holt, Composer.

Caroline Cary and Jim Webb have joined forces to produce Cloudy River, an innovative installation, combining the traditional medium of painting with the technological advances in the use of laser light. Cary&Webb are creating a world of light and colour, a lake and waterfalls of deep blue, to immerse yourself in, fashioned from lasers. Swirling smoke drifts in and out of a sculptural construction of painted perspex. The all-encompassing sight and sound is a mind expanding and emotionally moving experience. The experiments with the lasers is an attempt to use light as a three dimensional tool, using light as another way of exploring pictorial space.

Cary&Webb have been collaborating for four years; Cloudy River represents a major extension of their technological and artistic partnership. They produced a highly successful installation, Horizon, in Docklands in 2009, which is now to be followed by another, unusual and exciting installation for Studio 106 Art Gallery. The installation is designed to open our sensibilities to a whole new area of visual awareness, appealing to all manner and ages of persons from art lovers and students of technology to toddlers paddling in the river.

Caroline Cary lives and works in London and Southern Spain. She works in many different mediums, having begun her career in landscapes and figures, she has moved towards abstraction and to experimental work on Perspex. Cary has been showing her work professionally since the 1970´s in both group and Solo Shows. She has shown in London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Nairobi, including, the Jonathon Poole Gallery, Sue Rankin Gallery, Austin Desmond Gallery, Christopher Hull gallery, Gordon Hepworth Gallery, Studio 106 Art Gallery, The New Grafton Gallery and The Piers Feetham Gallery to name but a few, and in Spain, Gran Capitan Granada, and in various other Spanish venue. She has been represented at most London Art Fairs, The Art Fair Islington, Chelsea Art Fair, Art on Paper at the Royal College, The Affordable Art Fare and Art London.

Jim Webb is a well known laser performer who lives and works primarily in London. Webb’s current work consists of redefining the public visual perception of lasers by use of techniques never used before and producing a visual experience which combines a fresh wonder of laser light with interactive elements that allow the viewer to modify their experience.

He has exhibited globally from the late seventies, until today. He was responsible for setting up Holographic Studios at the Liverpool College of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. Webb developed new photographic techniques in “integrated transience”. He has worked in television worldwide, including BBC Horizon, QED and various SciFi Series, as well as educational programmes and game shows. He has created live laser performances for musical events varying from Rock to Electronica to Techno, both in the UK and abroad and performances with dancers from Western classical to Eastern traditional. He has created a variety of installations in many environments ranging from galleries to forests. He has also been influential within the development of innovative control and display techniques for use with lasers.

Studio 106 Art Gallery is a Not-for-profit organisation that provides a platform to explore, create and present contemporary art and new forms of expression. Focusing on researching and developing collaborative processes intrinsic to art-making, generating dialogues across: generations, cultures, and the bond between art and the audience, Studio 106 Art Gallery programmes Live Art, exhibitions, screenings, forums, artists’ talks and workshops. As a non-profit organisation, Studio 106 Art Gallery welcomes any donations or sponsorships.
Cary&Webb welcome commissions.