Emma before her talk

Accompanied by her spritely mother, the actress Ann Queensbury, Emma came and delivered us a moving and highly personal account of her artwork's trajectory since the death of her son Cato. Her honesty and obsessional drive made a deep impression on the audience and this was enriched and contextualised by a showing of Drawing On, a short film made by her film-maker daughter. Emma is a conceptual artist working in paint, print, sculpture, photography and film. This talk follows a recent exhibition of the artist’s work at the Hostry. 

The work, done over the last eight years, is all about her late son Cato. The number of days that he lived, her memories of him and his legacy. In layers of painted words, carved names, intricate threads and colourful grids, she remembers him in different ways.

Taking a long time to make her work, just as it takes time to reflect on events. Emma works with and from her diaries and Cato’s hospital records, his clothes, his belongings and all that she has that was his.

Emma did her BA in Fine Art at Middlesex Polytechnic and her MA in printmaking at the Royal College of Art in 1983. She has exhibited in many London galleries, including at Haywood Gallery, Serpentine Gallery, Royal Academy and Flowers East. She was in the Jerwood Drawing Prize exhibitions in 2013 and 2015.

Monday 20th May, New Start Time: 7.00pm
The Auditorium, The Forum, Norwich
Members £2.50, non-members £4.50