A Closed Door, A Den

Exhibition with Arusha Gallery

The Old Silk Barn, Bruton, Somerset

18 NOVEMBER - 23 DECEMBER 2023

A closed door, a den

A place is never just a place. Into every stone, hearth, battered old chair, into every branch, leaf and clearing, into every flagstone on every street - we pour a little of ourselves. Memories, thick like honey, run over every inch and seep into the places we visit, colouring them in a nostalgia unique to our own lived experiences. Though we may look at a place and see it plainly in its physical staging - staring at the same walls, the same floors, the same sky - to each of us it is irrevocably changed by a personal connection. A seemingly unremarkable scene is rebirthed anew - haven, an oasis, a refuge. (Chloe Brown, 2023)