Jacky Winter is pleased to present Tactile Space, a collection of sculptural forms by contemporary artists Mud Top, Abbey Rich, Lawn Bowls, Emmy Webbers and Madeleine Thornton-Smith. Curated by Shena Jamieson.

The featured work ranges from small scale structures and wall-based reliefs to large freestanding fabricated furniture across a range of materials including glass, wood, metal and ceramics. Many of the pieces share motifs from nature – plants, shells, flowers, animals and insects – that each artist expresses uniquely in their own distinctive style.

Navigating the work on display, seeing it from multiple vantage points and imagining the tactile qualities of the surface, weight, mass and volume was theorised by Herbert Read in The Art of Sculpture (1956) and remains relevant to contemporary works. Rather than physically touching the artwork, the ability to imagine these tangible qualities and be moved by them provides a respite from the disembodied digital ai realm and reconnects us with the physical feeling space.