Ruth Brenner MRSS

Corporeality is the quality of being or having a material body, therefore Brenner’s work engages with: the physical and mental act of making; and material exploration in relation to elemental materials, elemental processes and direct engagement with materials.  The influences of corporeality are central to her practice as the work has a direct association to her bodily dimensions; physical ability; sensory awareness and her relationship with the material.  Making is, therefore, inextricably linked with the outcome which is a visual record of cognitive processes.  When emotion, perception and material work together, they become one. 

In an attempt to close the gap between the theoretical and the practical, the aim of Brenner’s work is to celebrate the immersive experience of using one’s hands to engage with the materials of the world whilst giving the embodied practice of making theoretical underpinning.