Mill on the Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway

August/September 2009

Solo exhibition (with photographer Phil McMenemy) – new work in progress.

Travelling Hopefully 001, Dumfries & Galloway.
‘Travelling hopefully..’ 10 found granite boulders with carving and inserted ‘handles’.
Travelling Hopefully 002, Dumfries & Galloway.
‘Stone Suture’ 2008. Slate, copper wire and mild steel chain.
Travelling Hopefully 003, Dumfries & Galloway.
‘The Ice Age boulders get picked up and used in all sorts of ways, moving like atomic elements through the human world. Matt Baker sees them as conscious presences, and speculates about their encounters with each other and their environment on the long journey of change.’ Julian Watson
Travelling Hopefully 004, Dumfries & Galloway.
Exhibition poster
Travelling Hopefully 005, Dumfries & Galloway.
Exhibition view showing some of Phil McMenemy’s series of photographs of Matt Baker’s permanent works in the Galloway landscape.