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Lauren Baker’s Megalith Totems at Dimbola Museum
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Lauren Baker’s Megalith Totems at Dimbola Museum

Arts & Collections

Multi-disciplinary artist Lauren Baker is set to release a new body of works – Megalith Totems – including paintings and textile wall hangings at Dimbola Museum, Isle of Wight. Originally the home of pioneering Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, Dimbola Museum & Galleries stands as a testament to her groundbreaking contributions to the art form. Now, thirty years since its inception, Dimbola continues to honour Cameron’s legacy while expanding its reach to showcase diverse artworks...

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Lauren Baker In Biennial Exhibition In Venice
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Lauren Baker In Biennial Exhibition In Venice

Arts & Collections

Consciousness Awakening, part of the Nature Is Watching series by Lauren Baker, will be exhibited in the renowned Marinaressa Gardens, at Personal Structures exhibition with the European Culture Centre, during Venice Biennale 2024. Inspired by the folkloric reverence of the silver birch and aspen, known as “The Watchful Tree” within medieval literature and myths, Lauren Baker’s Consciousness Awakening encapsulates the essence of nature’s vigilance and the interconnectedness of all living things. Within these ancient tales, the...

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Lauren Baker Battles the Elements at Burning Man
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Lauren Baker Battles the Elements at Burning Man

Arts & Collections

Visionary artist Lauren Baker fought through storms and floods to install her latest magnum opus – the spiritually significant Wisdom Totem collection at the recent storm-hit Burning Man Festival. The site-specific installation is the culmination of a year’s planning. Two monumental installations, each standing ten metres tall, became the highlight of this year’s annual Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, USA. Comprising of Unity and Lunar Totems, the installation shares the ethos...

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Lauren Baker and the Creative Impulse: An Artist in Lockdown
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Lauren Baker and the Creative Impulse: An Artist in Lockdown

Chris Jenkins

Like many other artists, London-based Lauren Baker, leading ‘light artist’ and creator of spectacular large-scale public artworks, is having to adjust to life under lockdown, with events cancelled, collaborations made challenging and the day-to-day practicalities of an artist’s working method made difficult. So Arts & Collections asked Lauren Baker how the creative mind responds, both artistically and practically, to working during the coronavirus lockdown. (Header photo – credit Neil Collins) Q. What’s your usual working...

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