‘Can Serrat’ - Mimi Dennett Marking the Land in Spain

Over the past few weeks, we’ve received some pretty neat emails with amazing projects our followers have been involved in that we’re excited to share with you all. Melissa emailed us about her artist residency in Spain, where she helps keep up the blog and shares all the work of the artists working at Can Serrat International Art Center.  We’ll be reposting several of her blog posts over the course of the next few weeks! You can subscribe to her blog to get regular updates at http://www.canserratart.com/.

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Land Sew by Mimi Dennett, 2011

Mimi Dennett is known for her diverse practice encompassing large-scale sculptural knitted work, recycled mixed-media, and large scale land-art (Environmental Dada). These strands of practice are integrated via installation.

Currently, Mimi finds herself as an artist in residence at Can Serrat. We are really pleased and proud to have her company. She is lively, creative and a lot of fun.
  
 
Down The Hill From Karine and Marcel’s House, broom bristles and polymer plastic, 2012 

Apocalyptic Anemones, broom head bristles, polymer plastic and found irrigation pipe, 2012
  
While at Can Serrat she has been working on the second part of her series,  Home Sweet Home- the snug containment of belonging, and she will be busy continuing to work on it when she returns after her travels in August in preparation for an exhibition that she will be part of in Australia. Here is a photograph of her work in progress:

progress work for Home Sweet Home- the snug containment of belonging- Part two  


progress work for Home Sweet Home- the snug containment of belonging- Part two

Mimi has been asked to extend to the first part in the series of Home Sweet Home, and has also been busy working on cutting out letters from newspaper in preparation for transferring it onto metal.

letters cut out from newspaper: progress work for Home Sweet Home- the snug containment of belonging Part 1 



Home Sweet Home- the snug containment of belonging Part 1 

Here is a photograph of one of her other phenomenal series, Domestic Primitive, all made from recycled and found materials.

 

Domestic Primitive, knitted rubber from inner tubes, kitchen sieve, eye from toy 

Domestic Primitive will be part of the exhibition of this year’s Sunshine Coast exhibition Prize in Australia. Vote for her piece here. All you have to do is press “vote”!
Watch for more from Mimi in the future when she completes her series Home sweet Home- the snug containment of belonging. Good luck! We will miss you’re colourful creativity and anticipate your final results.
If you’re in Australia, make sure to check out her upcoming exhibitions at Mars Gallery in Port Melbourne, This is a Maquette Show, and  the Swell Sculpture Festival in Queensland.