Catherine Bertola British, b. 1976
Installation view, the Forth Hotel, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
2002
Screenprint on self cling pvc
Dimensions variable
Photo: Stephen Collins
Commission by VANE, Newcastle as part of Capital, a series of works sited across the city.
Budget: Self funded project
Home from Home was a series of installations in three traditional public houses in Newcastle upon Tyne. Screen prints of net curtains made to look like the elegant etched glass panes, were placed in the windows, bringing a touch if domestic intimacy into an other wise public and traditionally male domain. On the surface the work appears to be a discreet part of the building, while at the same time remaining at odds with the space
Exhibitions
Unraveling the Manor House, Preston Manor, Brighton, UK,2010,Selected artists: Gavin Fry, James Hunting, Maria Rivans, Matt Smith, Louise Batchelor, Laura Splan, Kira O'Reilly, Penny Green, Catherine Bertola, Ingrid Plum, Emma Moloney and Caitlin Heffernan