Susan Stockwell: Make-do and Mend
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Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, 11 Church Street, London
NW8 8EE
Solo exhibition of new body of work exploring the social and political histories embedded in everyday objects
Make-do and Mend is Susan Stockwell’s fourth solo exhibition at Patrick Heide Contemporary Art.
Taking its title from a familiar phrase associated with domestic craft, in particular in response to wartime rationing and shortages, this new body of work continues the artist’s exploration into the social and political histories embedded in commonplace objects that have outlived their initial purpose.
With a free-standing dress sculpture constructed from obsolete banknotes Stockwell comments on the fragility of financial systems. Coffee stains tracing the outlines of colonial territories on vintage dressmaking patterns reference the instability of political and economic power. Meticulously embroidered moths covering the holes in an old bed blanket highlight nature’s response to accelerating ecological change.
By mending and reassembling Susan Stockwell does not simply preserve objects and the histories they hold, but turns them into conduits for reflection and repair.
13 November 2026 – 9 January 2027
public open hours: Wednesday – Saturday 12-5pm
Future dates
- Saturday 14th November 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Wednesday 18th November 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Thursday 19th November 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Friday 20th November 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Saturday 21st November 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Wednesday 25th November 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Thursday 26th November 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Friday 27th November 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Saturday 28th November 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Wednesday 2nd December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Thursday 3rd December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Friday 4th December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Saturday 5th December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Wednesday 9th December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Thursday 10th December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Friday 11th December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Saturday 12th December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Wednesday 16th December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Thursday 17th December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Friday 18th December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Saturday 19th December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Wednesday 23rd December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Thursday 24th December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Wednesday 30th December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Thursday 31st December 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Saturday 2nd January 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Wednesday 6th January 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Thursday 7th January 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Friday 8th January 12:00pm until 5:00pm
- Saturday 9th January 12:00pm until 5:00pm
