The Manchester Contemporary 2017

For The Manchester Contemporary this year, PAPER will present three artists whose focus in our relationship to nature, and particularly the animal kingdom. Rui Matsunaga using the myths and folklore of her native Japan to discuss our headlong rush into a dystopic future. Sharon Leahy Clark is inspired by exploring ideas of the unconscious and Surrealist ideas of 'free thinking'. The symbolism of the horse is prominent in this new series of works as she explores process and the materiality of the medium. Ruby Tingle is an artist/musician/performer and will perform through the Saturday of the art fair. Her collages are rooted in natural history and aim to present an alternate folklore where boundaries between human and animal are obscured.

Rui Matsunaga

Nine Lives
oil on paper
25.5 x 18cm
2017

Cyrin
Oil on paper
18x25.5cm
2017

Mesmer
Drypoint
30 x 20.5cm
edition of 5 (AP3)
2017

On the Moon
Drypoint 
30 x 20.5cm
edition of 5 (AP3)
2017

Four Riders
Drypoint
30 x 20.5cm
2017

Beast
Drypoint
30 x 20.5cm
edition of 5 (AP3)
2017

Opening of the Seal
Drypoint
30 x 20.5cm
edition of 5 (AP 3)
2017

Frog and Deer
Drypoint
Edition of 5 (AP 3)
29.5 x 20cm
2017

Frog on Deer
Drypoint
Edition of 5
17.5 x 20cm
2017

Ruin
Drypoint Etching on paper
20 x 29cm
Edition of 5
2017

Sharon Leahy Clark

Wasteland I & II
Watercolour on ink on paper
2 x 24 x 24cm
2017

Honour and a fluffy pink ball
Watercolour on ink on sumi paper
25 x 35cm
2017

Emptying the Stars
Watercolour on ink on paper
24 x 24cm
2017
SOLD

Red Bloom on Tuesday
Watercolour on ink on paper
20 x 28cm
2017

Red Dandy
watercolour on ink on paper
24 x 24cm
2017

Night scented full blossom
Watercolour on ink on paper
24 x 24cm
2017

Full blossom underworld
Watercolour on ink on paper
24 x 24cm
2017

Mirror, Mirror
Watercolour on ink on paper
24 x 24cm
2017

Trick Horse
Watercolour on ink on sumi paper
24 x 27cm
2017

Tamed
Watercolour on ink on paper
28 x 20cm
2017

Ruby Tingle

Self in Shed
collage, fabric, spray paint and snake skin on specialist paper
30 x 28 cm
2017 
SOLD

Lie with the serpent
collage and spray paint on paper
59 x 84 cm 
2016

Golden Rooster 
Collage and spray paint on paper
42 x 30 cm 
2017

Avian  
Collage and spray paint on paper 
42 x 30 cm
2017
SOLD

Into Gold 
Collage on paper 
42 x 30 cm
2017 

Golden Croc 
Collage on specialist paper
20 x 13 cm 
2017

Sleeve
collage and snake skin on paper
15 x 21 cm 
2017

Goose Imago 
paper and wool collage
2017 

Hats for Serpents- Newt  
collage on paper
15 x 21 cm 
2017
SOLD

Turtle
collage on paper
15 x 21 cm
2017

Adder
paper and bracken collage 
2016
SOLD

Grass Snake
paper and moss collage 
2017
SOLD

Ruin
paper and tillandsia collage
2017
SOLD

Draggin' Around
paper and thread collage 
2016

Black Shell
paper collage 
2017