Liz West, Vanishing Boundaries, 2013, Installation.
Installation (T9 circular fluorescent bulbs, mirror, extension cables) Variable dimensions, this image shows 500cm (W) x 500cm (D) x 10cm (H) approx. 2013 “Vanishing Boundaries signifies a connection between West’s long-standing artistic interests (including methodically gathering objects) and new sculptural experiments. Comprising of an array of reflective discs protruding above floor level, the installation emits […]
Liz West, Through No.1, 2015, Exhibition at &Model Gallery in Leeds.
Site-specific Installation (T5 fluorescent bulbs, cellulose gels) Dimensions variable 2015 Through was in situ at &Model Gallery in Leeds from 11 – 29 March 2015. This work explored Liz West’s research into the relationship colours have to each other and how they affect the spaces they inhabit. In this site-responsive work West tested the influence […]
Liz West, Through No.3, 2015, Installation at Spinningfields, Manchester and later exhibited in Leeds Dock and Duke of York Square.
Installation (Steel, polycarbonate, optically clear vinyl) 600cm (L) x 400cm (H) x 350cm (W) 2015 Through No.3 is a six-metre long triangular prism corridor of light and colour created originally for Spinningfields, Manchester (November 2015 – January 2016) and later exhibited in Leeds Dock (2018 – 2020) and Duke of York Square, London (October 2020). […]
Liz West, Autumn Lights, 2016, Installation at Little Moreton Hall.
Autumn Lights Installation series (plywood, aluminum, acrylic, polyester film) Dimensions variable 2016 West drew inspiration from the thirty thousand lead window panes at Little Moreton Hall – and in particular, the glass they contain. The ancient hand blown glass in the windows of Little Moreton Hall is tinted by trace impurities of copper, iron and […]
Liz West, Solstice Ritual, 2016, Exhibition for Penarth Pier Pavilion.
Installation (optically clear yellow & hot pink vinyl) Dimensions Vary 2016 Solstice Ritual was an exhibition and commission for Penarth Pier Pavilion from 17 June – 10 July 2016. Liz West made a slight but significant alteration to the experience of the Gallery space, applying optically transparent coloured vinyl to the 306 window panes that […]
Liz West, Shifting Luminosity, 2015, Installation exhibited as part of the Aesthetica Art Prize.
Installation (LEDs and plastic pipes) Variable dimensions, this image shows 400cm (w) x 250cm (d) x 300cm (h) 2015 Shifting Luminosity was originally made as a temporary light based spatial drawing in my studio in 2014 and was later exhibited as part of the Aesthetica Art Prize in 2016 and my solo exhibitions at The […]
Liz West, Your Colour Perception, 2015, Installation at Castlefield Gallery’s Art Spaces Federation House fourth floor in Manchester.
Site-specific Installation (T8 fluorescent bulbs, cellulose gels) Dimensions variable, this image shows 10,000 sq ft 2015 Your Colour Perception incorporated all 10,000 square feet of Castlefield Gallery’s New Art Spaces Federation House fourth floor in Manchester. The work was developed in direct response to the space prior. West reacted to the architectural space using colour […]
Liz West, An Additive Mix, 2015, Installation for National Science and Media Museum, Bradford for an exhibition to celebrate the UNESCO International Year of Life.
Light Installation (T8 fluorescent bulbs, cellulose gels, polycarbonate sleeves, mirror, wood, metal frame) 1000cm (L) x 500cm (W) x 240cm (H) 2015 An Additive Mix was a temporary indoor work commissioned by the National Science and Media Museum, Bradford for a special exhibition to celebrate the UNESCO International Year of Light in 2015. The work […]
Liz West, A Subjective Mix, 2018, Installation for Graham & Brown.
Site-specific Installation (wood, wallpaper) 1000cm (L) x 3500cm (H) x 1000cm (W) 2018 Liz West made A Subjective Mix in collaboration with leading wall coverings company Graham & Brown. In the faded splendour of Blackburn’s Cotton Exchange, amid the light pouring in from the stained glass windows, a 3.5 metre high, octagonal structure tricked the […]
Liz West, Sevenfold, 2016, Installation.
Site-specific Installation (acrylic, steel, plywood, polyester film) 970cm (L) x 2400cm (H) x 970cm (W) 2016 This site-responsive piece plays with the natural light of the space and injects vibrant colours and a sense of illusion into the magnificent entrance and staircase of the Victorian neo-classical building. Sevenfold takes its reference from Newton’s rainbow sequence […]
Liz West, Our Colour Reflection, 2016 – 2020, Installation originally commissioned and exhibited at Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe.
Our Colour Reflection Installation (mirror, acrylic tubing) Dimensions Variable 2016 – 2020 Our Colour Reflection is a modular site responsive indoor work originally commissioned and exhibited in 2016 at 20- 21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe and later at St. Mark’s Church Mayfair (2016), Broadgate London (2016), Kraftwerk Berlin (2017), Chester Cathedral (2018), St Albans Museum […]
Liz West, Iri-Descent, 2019, Installation exhibited at Fortnum & Mason, London as part of the London Design Festical in 2019 and Hyvinkää Art Museum in 2020-21.
Iri-Descent Polycarbonate, dichroic film, aluminium, stainless steel 225cm (L) x 810cm (H) x 225cm (W) 2019 Iri-Descent is an ambitious work made from a vast arrangement of delicate suspended cubes covered in colour transmitting dichroic film. Iri-Descent consists of 150 skeleton-framework cubes that descend through the space clad with highly reflective and luminous dichroic film […]