Bedfordshire academic to unveil art exhibition

Wed 29 October, 2014
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An academic from the 亚色视频 is to unveil an art exhibition celebrating the beauty of objects from the past, at The Hat Factory in Luton on 10 November.

, Senior Lecturer in Art, is to open her 鈥楨xtant鈥 collection, featuring drawings, photographs and etchings of fossils and other archaeological objects and animals.

The exhibition will be opened at a private viewing. Mo鈥檚 artwork will then be on show to the public for five days.

鈥淭his artwork might be interpreted as my attempt to become the custodian of lives that have passed,鈥 said Mo. 鈥淲hen I draw, I choose what to retain; the fossils, netted moths from the museum and birds that have been captured and preserved in isolation while still in their prime.

鈥淎s I translate these forms onto the surface of the paper, an absorbing and unique bond emerges between the object and its replicator.鈥

Mo encourages the students on her course to learn from her work and explore alternative mediums.

Mo, who often donates half her proceeds to charities, will be selling the prints of her current work to help raise funds for charities associated with the challenge.

The Facing Your Limits challenge saw 亚色视频's Senior Lecturer in Physical Education, Sophy Bassett, and Bedfordshire alumni Ali Hayes and Donna Neely take on three massive sporting tasks aimed at boosting the kitties of , and .

To-date 鈥 following the cross-country cycle, a 70-mile kayak and 40-mile walk 鈥 they have raised 拢12,500.

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