States of Assemblage

At the end of 2025 I had the opportunity of participating in 'States of Assemblage' exhibition @unit2stleonards curated by @laurencetidy Taking part on @statesofassemblage was a great way of finishing the artistic year with such a diverse, fun and thoughtful show. The array of artists and assemblage work was quite something to celebrate. Want to give special thanks to the curator for the great work he did! Wishing everyone participating in the show, the gallery space and everyone seeing this show a creative 2026! More Art coming soon 😁💜 . . . . . . . . . #artexhibition #groupshow #assemblage #cyanotype #contemporaryart

States of Assemblage: The Works, Post 6 Curated by @laurenceweekendtelevision Photo credit @benstezaker 12.12 - 14.12.25 @unit2stleonards   The Zone Of Fruitless Intensification. Luciana Haill. (a) Framed 2D: 25 vintage postcards, mitred mount, framed & glazed. (b) Video 3 minutes 35 seconds video with original soundscape (fixed priced sale on OBJKT.com). Both items £1250. ‘Imagination could easily be substituted for the vulgar realities of things.’ @lucid_luciana   ~   Drawn out. Markus Taylor. 2025. Consisting of: 20x locked security boxes. Enclosed within: artist's hair, surgical gloves, syringes, vacutainer and needle, sewing needle, mistletoe, red ink, red thread, plaster wrapper, artist's fingernails, name tag. The work includes scientific imagery produced from the artist's blood cells by Dr. Emily Outwin, Prof. Chris Pepper and Prof. Simon Mitchell of Brighton and Sussex Medical School. 40 x 200 x 5 cm. @markus__taylor__studio   ~   Ceramic Residues. Esme Curtis-Lundberg. 2023. Artist book: waxed etchings on tissue paper, porcelain residues on cotton cloth, letterpress text, handbound with linen thread. 10 x 12 x 0.5 cm. @esme_curtis.lundberg   Americana. Benedict Coleman. 2025. Toy bbq, wedge shim, coloured paper, plywood, toy cow, acrylic paint, toothpick, fishing float. 15 x 3 x 5 cm. @bbencoleman   Untitled yellow/grey. David Batchelor. 2025. Acrylic on mdf. Digital print. Crayon. 20.32 x 25.4 x 7.62 cm. @batch123   ~   Do come in. Melissa Hall. 2025. Collage. 20 x 26.5 x 12 cm. Box framed. POA. @smallhallart   What’s it like to be a chair? Julie Ann Sheridan. 2023. Reused upholstery fabric, upholstery foam, elastic, acrylic paint. The cover from a chair redesigned to be worn, asking the question, “What’s it like to be a chair?” Try the chair for size, become a chair and offer someone a seat. £500. @sheridanjulieann   Talking Objects, Telling Tales. Sinéid Codd. 2023. Found metal structure, napkin ring, photograph. 34 x 8 x 3.5 cm. @sineidcodd   Escape closet. Laurence Tidy. 2025. Blinds, emulsion, floor protectors, glitter, linseed oil, oil paint, pastel, plastic wrap, PVA, superglue. 52 x 41 cm. #exhibition #assemblage #art #artist

States of Assemblage: The Works, Post 5 Curated by Laurence Tidy @laurenceweekendtelevision Photo credit: Ben Stezaker @benstezaker Show ran 12.12.25 to 14.12.25 at Unit 2, St Leonards Murmuration. Nikki Ward. 2025. Paper, steel pins, wood. 17.5 x 36.5 x 7.5 cm. £400. @nikkiwardart Reassembled in Blue. Pippa Johnson. 2022. Cardboard packaging, lining paper and household paint. Unframed. 18.5 x 15 cm. £50.00. @pipmjohnson Care Label. Tilly Shiner. 2025. Offcuts from clothes and fabrics, thread, string, care labels. 44 x 30 x 0.5 cm. @tillyshiner Untitled red/brown. David Batchelor. 2025. Acrylic on mdf. Digital print. Crayon. 27.94 x 19.05 x 11.43 cm. @batch123 Install view Untitled (Weather Dependant). C U NEXT TUESDAY. 2025. Steel, canvas. 40cm x 9cm (Variable). @cunexttuesday.collective Install view of below, left to right: Gleety. Danielle Friesen. 2025. Cut out found receipt, tape. 76 x 56 cm. @daniellefriesenart Traces of Toil. Esme Curtis-Lundberg. 2024. Artist book: waxed etchings on paper and cloth, pricked pattern paper, letterpress text, handbound with linen thread. 10 x 24 x 1 cm. @esme_curtis.lundberg Deuce. Benedict Coleman. 2025. Foam fishing spool, spray paint, plastic cup, toy fence, chess pawns, pizza tripod legs, foam sheet. 12.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm. Burgeoning. Benedict Coleman. 2025. Plastic one cent, wooden incense fruit, plastic plants, other found plastic. 13.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm. @bbencoleman Traces of Toil. Esme Curtis-Lundberg. 2024. Artist book: waxed etchings on paper and cloth, pricked pattern paper, letterpress text, handbound with linen thread. 10 x 24 x 1 cm. @esme_curtis.lundberg We shall fight them from the comfort of Whitehall. Heloise Jackson. 2025. Mixed media. 57 x 38 cm. NFS. @heloisejackson_art Eve of the Wedding, Milazzo. Rebecca Wells. 2025. Oil, disposable paper palette & found confetti on handmade paper. 30.5 x 14 x 0.1 cm. £45. @becollage_art @unit2stleonards #exhibition #art #assemblage #artists #gallery #sussex #eastsussex #stleonards #unit2 #assemblageart #foundmaterials #sculpture #paint #collage #cyanotype #steel #artistbook #artistsbooks #artistbooks

States of Assemblage: The Works, Post 4 Curated by Laurence Tidy @laurenceweekendtelevision Photo credit: Ben Stezaker @benstezaker Show ran 12.12.25 to 14.12.25 @unit2stleonards   Home: fragments of time. Katharine Weston Smith. 2025. Reclaimed acrylic panels, LED lamps, timber, found objects, some painted (gauze, paint scrapings, sweets, bird's eggshell, seed heads, crockery fragments, foam packaging, cotton reel, discarded strimmer line, foil, plastic bag), plaster of paris, paper, wire, lighting gel. Max 208cm x 180cm x 200cm. NFS. @katharinewestonsmith   After Richter: postcard-under-found-paint (4). Mary Anne Francis. 2025. Postcard, found paint. 22 x  27 x  3 cm as framed. £350. @mary.anne.francis   Install view Desperately seeking Mary... tell her to get off her phone. Suzie Poyntz. 2025. Card, gesso, pencil, split pins. 51 x 38 x 17 cm. @suziepoyntz   A collection of bits, categorised by shape. Archie Rogers. 2025. Oak, walnut, pine, birch, bamboo, applewood, balsa, cedar, a hand carved loom spool, black piano key, bead curtain bead, yellow ceramic bead, wooden rattle, chopsticks, joinery dowel, letterpress blocks and spacers, an almond husk, iron sphere, plywood, and driftwood. 10 x 84 x 32 cm.   Two handmade boxes. Archie Rogers. 2024. Boxes made from a cherry wood wine crate and a fire-salvaged drawer, containing an assortment of bits; offcuts, scraps, driftwood, blocks, chopsticks, bone, and other materials. 10 x 16 x 10 cm (left) & 7 x 21 x 11 cm (right). @ar.chie.art Left: Cross Ventilation. Jack Brook. 2025. Cardboard, glue, pigments, plastic, rope, screws, wire on paint brushes. 34 x 33 x 6 cm. £195. @jackoorb Middle: Deadheads. (Set of five artworks). Bruce Ingram. 2024. Mixed media collage on wooden circular cradled painting supports. 35 x 35 x 8 cm. @bruce_ingram   Floor: Optograms of the Sea. Ainoa Burgos Gonzalez. 2024. Cyanotypes on Carpet. 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm. @noa_madethis   Right: Smoking Fox. Sinéid Codd. 2025. Broken ceramic fox, plastic candle, pearls, cello pegs, string. 250 x 30 x 4 cm. @sineidcodd   Ladybay / Blink. Olivia du Vergier.2021. 35mm still / HD Video / Stereo. 2:50 mins, looped. @oliviaduvergier   Home.

States of Assemblage: The Works, Post 3 Curated by Laurence Tidy @laurenceweekendtelevision Photo credit: Ben Stezaker @benstezaker Show ran from Friday 12th December to Sunday 14th December 2025 at Unit 2, St Leonards on Sea, UK @unit2stleonards 1. Arrival. Bruce Ingram. 2024. Mixed media sculpture. 100 x 100 x 10 cm. @bruce_ingram 2. Study in Pink. Pippa Johnson. 2018. Blackout blind, lining paper and household emulsion. Framed. Collage size: 24 x 22 cm. Frame size: 39 x 35 x 2.5 cm. £160.00. @pipmjohnson 3. Production of Space. Philip Sanderson. Collage (Analogue). 37cm x 37cm x 2cm. (Framed). £325. @thesunkenfeaturesofasatellite 4. Upturns. Bruce Ingram. 2021 – ongoing. Sculptures made from painting stretchers, found wood, screws, sawdust, studio sweepings, plaster, paints, pastels. Dimensions variable. @bruce_ingram 5-8. It can move. Julie Ann Sheridan. 2023. Spring bed, double cone springs, tension springs, acrylic paint, upholstery foam. Spring beds and springs taken from 3 fly tipped chairs. £400 each, £1000 for all three. @sheridanjulieann 6, 8-9. Damn Potholes. Melissa Hall. 2025. Paper collage. 44 x 54 x 3 cm. Glazed and framed. POA. @smallhallart 10. Install view 11. Solution. Enzo Marra. 2025. card tempera household paint glue nail varnish found fabric form. 6.5 x 6.5 cm. @enzomarraart 12. Reassembled in Green. Pippa Johnson. 2022. Cardboard packaging, lining paper and household paint. Unframed. 18.5 x 15 cm. £50.00. @pipmjohnson 13. Our Lady of the Falling Rainbow. Sinéid Codd. 2024. Main body: lamp structures, beads, broken ceramic woman, acrylic rods, chair leg, and cord. 80 x 150 cm (approx.). @sineidcodd 14. Speakeasy. Laurence Tidy. 2024. Acrylic paint, book pages, charcoal, cotton canvas, cotton and elastane trouser parts, cotton sock, cyanoacrylate superglue, linseed oil, oil paint, paintbrush, pin, print of a painting, sandpaper, tracing paper, turpentine, water. 38 x 49 x 11 cm. @laurenceweekendtelevision #art #artists #exhibition #gallery #stleonards #curation #assemblage #collage #painting #expandedpainting #extendedpainting #sculpture #materials #foundmaterials #transformation #perspective

States of Assemblage: The Works, Post 2 Curated by Laurence Tidy @laurenceweekendtelevision Photo credit: Ben Stezaker @benstezaker Show runs 11-6pm Sunday 14.12.25 at Unit 2 @unit2stleonards The Devil Himself Summoned Her to that Meeting on the Glebe. Shirley Archibald. 2025. Broomstick, latex, vintage sewing patterns, coat hanger, latex, earth. 108 x 36 x 5 cm. @shirleyarchibaldart Shrine. Rebecca Wells. 2025. Cardboard fruit punnet, found eroded drinks can base, found bottle top, found wood, gauze from a wedding favour, found flattened metal, hot glue, glitter, gesso & staples on found MDF. 34.5 x 21.5 x 8 cm. £60 @becollage_art Distraction. Suzie Poyntz. 2025. Card, tape, acrylic paint. 11.5 x 27 x 2 cm. @suziepoyntz Install view Burgeoning. Benedict Coleman. 2025. Plastic one cent, wooden incense fruit, plastic plants, other found plastic. 13.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm. @bbencoleman Arranging/Rearranging. Pippa Johnson. 2025. Wood, cardboard packaging, vertical blackout blind, plastic curtain hoop, linen thread, metal thread, Nylon thread and household paint. 150 x 120 cm. NFS. @pipmjohnson Juggling. Katy Mason. 2025. Nylon tights draped onto wooden frame, with metal bike gear cog trapped inside. 53 x 63 cm. @katymasonstudio Supplication. Leslie James Moran. 2025. Acrylic and found materials on linen. 38 x 46 cm. @moranlesliej

States of Assemblage: The Works, Post 1. Curated by Laurence Tidy @laurenceweekendtelevision Photo credits: Ben Stezaker @benstezaker Show runs 11-6pm Sunday 14.12.25 at Unit 2 @unit2stleonards 1. Security. Tilly Shiner. 2024. Found and second hand clothes and fabrics.190 x 120 x 2 cm. @tillyshiner 2. Untitled pink/green. David Batchelor. 2025. Acrylic on mdf. Digital print. Crayon. 27.94 x 29.21 x 8.89 cm. @batch123 3. Possessed by a Spirit Named Rug. Shirley Archibald. 2025. Small ladders, wood, latex, earth, Rosemary, chamomile, grass and vintage sewing patterns. 80 x 70 x 10 cm. @shirleyarchibaldart 4. Bramble and Apple plate Pie and Blackberry and Pear Tartlet. Rebecca Wells. 2025. Oil, disposable paper palette & vintage magazine on found MDF. 32 x 15 x 0.6 cm. £45. @becollage_art 5 & 6. Sandpaper Cutouts 1 & 2. Chris Mayne. @cnmayne 7. Deuce. Benedict Coleman. 2025. Foam fishing spool, spray paint, plastic cup, toy fence, chess pawns, pizza tripod legs, foam sheet. 12.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm. @bbencoleman 8. Four Liberal Cities. Nicholas Shaddick. 2025. Four constructed objects, plywood, 3D print, found and archive materials, iron, lead, dust, paint. 120 x 120 x 120 cm. 9. Weimar Lasagne. Laurence Tidy. 2024. Lasagne sheets, oil paints, oil pastel and superglue. 28.1 x 21.1 cm. £65. @laurenceweekendtelevision 10. Cross Ventilation. Jack Brook. 2025. Cardboard, glue, pigments, plastic, rope, screws, wire on paint brushes. 34 x 33 x 6 cm. £195. @jackoorb #assemblage #art #artists #exhibition #gallery #sculpture #painting #stleonards #statesofassemblage #unit2stleonards #unit2

EXHIBITION OPEN Opening 12*-6 today Thanks to everyone who came to the exhibition opening. We had such a good turn out, and I thank everyone who made the evening so special. Really looking forward to talking to people over the weekend and, finally, getting to look at all the work, up close, and in situ myself! Image: (Wall left to right): Study in Pink. Pippa Johnson. 2018. Blackout blind, lining paper and household emulsion. Framed. Collage size: 24 x 22 cm. Frame size: 39 x 35 x 2.5 cm. £160.00. @pipmjohnson Weimar Lasagne. Laurence Tidy. 2024. Lasagne sheets, oil paints, oil pastel and superglue. 28.1 x 21.1 cm. £65. @laurenceweekendtelevision Production of Space. Philip Sanderson. Collage (Analogue). 37cm x 37cm x 2cm. (Framed). £325. @thesunkenfeaturesofasatellite Shrine. Rebecca Wells. 2025. Cardboard fruit punnet, found eroded drinks can base, found bottle top, found wood, gauze from a wedding favour, found flattened metal, hot glue, glitter, gesso & staples on found MDF. 34.5 x 21.5 x 8 cm. £60. @becollage_art (In front) Upturns. Bruce Ingram. 2021 – ongoing. Sculptures made from painting stretchers, found wood, screws, sawdust, studio sweepings, plaster, paints, pastels. Dimensions variable. @bruce_ingram Photo credit: @benstezaker (Later opening that previously advertised, apologies)

Opening tonight, 6-10pm, @unit2stleonards 'States of Assemblage' 53 works, 31 artists, everyone welcome! Image: Arranging/Rearranging. Pippa Johnson. 2025. Wood, cardboard packaging, vertical blackout blind, plastic curtain hoop, linen thread, metal thread, Nylon thread and household paint. 150 x 120 cm. Picture credit: @benstezaker Curated by Laurence Tidy @laurenceweekendtelevision with lots of invaluable assistance from Ailbhe Callanan @ailbhe_ and Alex Ardisson @alexanderardisson Artists exhibiting: Shirley Archibald @shirleyarchibaldart David J Batchelor @batch123 Jack Brook @jackoorb Ainoa Burgos @noa_madethis Sinéid Codd @sineidcodd Benedict Coleman @bbencoleman C U NEXT TUESDAY @cunexttuesday.collective Esme Curtis-Lundberg @esme_curtis.lundberg Mary Anne Francis @mary.anne.francis Danielle Friesen @daniellefriesenart Luciana Haill @lucid_luciana Melissa Hall – SmallHallArt @smallhallart Bruce Ingram @bruce_ingram Heloise Jackson @heloisejackson_art Pippa Johnson @pipmjohnson Enzo Marra @enzomarraart Katy Mason @katymasonstudio Chris Mayne @cnmayne Leslie James Moran @moranlesliej Suzie Poyntz @suziepoyntz Archie Rogers @ar.chie.art Philip Sanderson @thesunkenfeaturesofasatellite Nicholas Shaddick Julie Ann Sheridan @sheridanjulieann Tilly Shiner @tillyshiner Markus Taylor @markus__taylor__studio Laurence Tidy @laurenceweekendtelevision Olivia du Vergier @oliviaduvergier Nikki Ward @nikkiwardart Rebecca Wells @becollage_art Katharine Weston Smith @katharinewestonsmith Accessibility: please note that there several steps into and inside the gallery.

‘States of Assemblage’ opens at Unit 2 next week! The exhibition features 31 artists working across a range of media and practices, including assemblage, sculpture, collage, print and found materials, expanded painting, artist books, installation, video, and textiles. In each of their languages, the works chosen connect in a visually engaging manner with the exhibition focus of assemblage art and assemblagist artist practices in and around Sussex. The exhibition was motivated by the idea of taking a fresh look at the term ‘assemblage’ through the varied vocabularies of contemporary artists who relate to the term. In its timing and promotional material, the show also references the pioneering 1961 exhibition ‘The Art of Assemblage’ at The MoMA in New York. As we near the end of 2025, this exhibition marks 65 years next year since the MoMA show, albeit in a distinct and specific locale, and asks us to consider our current ‘States of Assemblage’. Opening: 6-10pm Fri 12.12.25. Drinks provided & everyone invited. Runs: 11am – 6pm Sat 13.12.25 & Sun 14.12.25. Artists: Shirley Archibald @shirleyarchibaldart David J Batchelor @batch123 Jack Brook @jackoorb Ainoa Burgos @noa_madethis Sinéid Codd @sineidcodd Benedict Coleman @bbencoleman C U NEXT TUESDAY @cunexttuesday.collective Esme Curtis-Lundberg @esme_curtis.lundberg Mary Anne Francis @mary.anne.francis Danielle Friesen @daniellefriesenart Luciana Haill @lucid_luciana Melissa Hall – SmallHallArt @smallhallart Bruce Ingram @bruce_ingram Heloise Jackson @heloisejackson_art Pippa Johnson @pipmjohnson Enzo Marra @enzomarraart Katy Mason @katymasonstudio Chris Mayne @cnmayne Leslie James Moran @moranlesliej Suzie Poyntz @suziepoyntz Archie Rogers @ar.chie.art Philip Sanderson @thesunkenfeaturesofasatellite Nicholas Shaddick Julie Ann Sheridan @sheridanjulieann Tilly Shiner @tillyshiner Markus Taylor @markus__taylor__studio Laurence Tidy @laurenceweekendtelevision Olivia du Vergier @oliviaduvergier Nikki Ward @nikkiwardart Rebecca Wells @becollage_art Katharine Weston Smith @katharinewestonsmith   Curation: Laurence Tidy Poster: Kinal @createdbykinal Thanks 2 @unit2stleonards

A reminder that submissions to 'States of Assemblage' close tomorrow, 18th November, at 23:59. @unit2stleonards #assemblage #assemblagist #stleonards #sussex #stleonardsonsea #stleonardsonseaistheplacetobe #opencall #exhibition Poster design by @createdbykinal

12 days until the deadline closes! Here's 5 more works from the 1961 show The Art of Assemblage at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. BRAQUE, Georges. Clarinet. (1913) Pasted papers, newsprint, facsimile woodgrain, with charcoal, chalk and oil on canvas, 31 ½ x 47 3/8". Collection Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York. (NY). Ill. p.19. Available at: The Clarinet (Tenora), 1913 - Georges Braque - WikiArt.org Accessed: 6 Nov 2025. BRAUNER, Victor. Romanian, born Piatra-Neamtz, 1903; lives in Paris. Wolf-Table. 1939. Wood with parts of stuffed animal, 21 5/8" high x 22 7/8" long x11" wide. Owned by the artist. Ill. p.64. Available at: Wolf-Table, 1939 - 1947 - Victor Brauner - WikiArt.org Accessed: 6 Nov 2025. BRECHT, George. American, born New York City, 1926; lives in Metuchen, New Jersey. Repository. (1961). Wall cabinet containing pocket watch, tennis ball, thermometer, plastic and rubber handballs, baseball, plastic per simmon, "Liberty" statuette, wooden puzzle, tooth brushes, bottle caps, house number, pencils, preserved worm, pocket mirror, light bulbs, keys, hardware, coins, photographs, playing cards, post card, dollar bill, page from thesaurus, 403/8"high x 10 1/2" wide x 3" deep. Owned by the artist. Available at: /pictures-2023/george-brecht-repository Accessed: 6 Nov 2025. BRETON, Andre. French, born Tinchebray (Orne), 1896; lives in Paris. Objet-poème. 1941. Carved wood bust of a man, with keyhole for mouth; wood and metal oil lantern with glass; photograph in metal frame; toy boxing gloves; all mounted on wooden drawing board and black drawing paper, with inscriptions painted in gouache and oil, 18 1/4"' high x 21 1/8" widex4 3/8" deep. Collection Mrs. Yves Tanguy, Woodbury, Connecticut. Ill. p.67. Available at: https://www.mencher.blog/2016/08/dada.html Accessed: 6 Nov 2025. BRYEN, Camille. French, born Nantes, 1907; lives in Paris. Objet de fonctionnement: "Morphologie du desir." (1934-37). Plaster casts of ears mounted on board; black wax candle, flashlight, plywood, 81/2" high x 141/2" wide x 11" deep. Owned by the artist. Screenshot of Seitz (1961). Seitz, W.C. (1961) The art of assemblage.