Sara Brennan
Overview
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Black Bands with Old Linens I, 2023
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Black Bands with Old Linens II, 2023
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Black Bands with Old Linens III, 2023
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Estate Tree III, 2023
The work of Scottish tapestry artist Sara Brennan is an unspoken response to the landscape. Using a refined and reduced approach to colour and form, her work takes two routes; weaving either from her drawings or reacting and responding in smaller works to yarns as they are placed directly next to each other. Sara Brennan obsessively explores the meetings that occur through the surface quality and by a manipulation and an exploitation of the line. Sara studied tapestry at Edinburgh College of Art.
'I work from a series of drawings and paintings, often repeatedly exploring the translation of a surface or mark into tapestry. I also work as a direct response to the reaction and relationship between yarns, with a disciplined and restrained approach to colour, tone and form. Choosing each yarn is as important to me and the tapestry as making the original drawing. The yarn must work to help balance and convey the feel and mood. It is vital in the interpretation of the drawing, bringing the tapestry to life…' - Sara Brennan, 2017.
The artist has exhibited internationally and her work is held in numerous public collections including: Aberdeen City Art Gallery and Museums; HBOS Headquarters, Edinburgh; Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh; Shipley Art Gallery
Works
Exhibitions
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20 Years of Cavaliero Finn
Revisit Cavaliero Finn's landmark 20th anniversary exhibition at Stockwell Studio 8 May - 1 Aug 2024In 2004, Juliana Cavaliero and Debra Finn curated their first exhibition as Cavaliero Finn in a home in South London and they haven't looked back since.Read more
For this exhibition, Cavaliero Finn returned to its South London roots to celebrate its 20th birthday at Stockwell Studio. The exhibition featured a wide range of artists who have shown with the gallery over the last 20 years including work by our current portfolio of artists and work from some of our earlier artists, like painters Holly Frean, Daisy Cook and Caroline Popham, paper artist Thurle Wright, designer makers Sam Edkins and Deborah Bowness, and sculptors Tom Stogdon, Danuta Solowiej, Merete Rasmussen and Patricia Volk who returned to the gallery as guest artists for this show. The exhibition also included an installation by textile artist Isabelle Fletcher and new work by Lise Herud Braten, the most recent additions to the Cavaliero Finn portfolio.
Revisit this exhibition online now.
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Winter - The weakening eye of day
Gallery 12, Cromwell Place, South Kensington, London SW7 2JE - 22nd-26th November, 11am - 7pm Wed-Sat 11am-4pm Sun 22 - 26 Nov 2023In November 2023, Cavaliero Finn presented a selection of artworks at Cromwell Place chosen to evoke winter in different ways, whether it’s capturing the essence of it through light and colour, the sense of decay through texture and material, or the sense of beauty hope and renewal through composition and context. The Winter exhibition was dedicated to artist Judith Tucker who died suddenly on Monday November 13th 2023.Read more -
Curated collections for the festive season ahead
If you've been to any one of Cavaliero Finn's shows over the last twenty years, you'll know that we select only the best work from our artists to present to...Read more
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Curated collections for the festive season ahead
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20 Years of Cavaliero Finn
Revisit Cavaliero Finn's landmark 20th anniversary exhibition at Stockwell Studio 8 May - 1 Aug 2024In 2004, Juliana Cavaliero and Debra Finn curated their first exhibition as Cavaliero Finn in a home in South London and they haven't looked back since. For this exhibition, Cavaliero Finn returned to its South London roots to celebrate its 20th birthday at Stockwell Studio. The exhibition featured a wide range of artists who have shown with the gallery over the last 20 years including work by our current portfolio of artists and work from some of our earlier artists, like painters Holly Frean, Daisy Cook and Caroline Popham, paper artist Thurle Wright, designer makers Sam Edkins and Deborah Bowness, and sculptors Tom Stogdon, Danuta Solowiej, Merete Rasmussen and Patricia Volk who returned to the gallery as guest artists for this show. The exhibition also included an installation by textile artist Isabelle Fletcher and new work by Lise Herud Braten, the most recent additions to the Cavaliero Finn portfolio. Revisit this exhibition online now.Read more -
Winter - The weakening eye of day
Gallery 12, Cromwell Place, South Kensington, London SW7 2JE - 22nd-26th November, 11am - 7pm Wed-Sat 11am-4pm Sun 22 - 26 Nov 2023In November 2023, Cavaliero Finn presented a selection of artworks at Cromwell Place chosen to evoke winter in different ways, whether it’s capturing the essence of it through light and colour, the sense of decay through texture and material, or the sense of beauty hope and renewal through composition and context. The Winter exhibition was dedicated to artist Judith Tucker who died suddenly on Monday November 13th 2023.Read more