recycling - GroundWork

Landskip - Garden of Eden, mixed materials, 24cm (H) x 35cm (L) x 19cm (W), 2023.

Life, Debris and Other Stories

Join renowned writer Patricia Mullin to be inspired by the Art of Waste to create your own word compositions

The Art of Waste

March 18 – July 15 2023 Art redefining what waste means. An exhibition which brings creative approaches to the problems of resource use and resilience. Artists: Jeremy Butler, Liz Elton, Caroline Hyde Brown, Lizzie Kimbley, Kai Lossgott, Eugene Macki, Jan Eric Visser, Rain Wu Art redefining what waste means We are thinking about what is […]

Extraction and Norfolk Quarries: East Bilney

Land, Resources

Extracting sand gravel and stones.

Hear about the beginnings of our artistic research into extractive industries, looking at quarry operations in Norfolk

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Jan Eric Visser

Jan Eric Visser pursues a highly original and unique practice as a sculptor. He works exclusively from his private inorganic household waste. Visser constructs all his forms from household trash, but you would never know that. They have such refined forms, gentle curves and fine surfaces. Even on line you can see that the dramatic […]

Previous exhibitions

Trash Art. Jan Eric Visser

10 March – 2 June 2018 Trash Art. Jan Eric Visser uniquely creates art from discarded newspaper and wax. He first began as a sculptor in 1987, since when, he has reflected on the value and potential beauty in trash. He is an artist deeply concerned about depletion of the earth’s resources. While waste is […]

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The Building Conversion

Conversion of an historic 1930s building The creation of GroundWork begins with the conversion of an historic 1930s building. Appropriately for a gallery specialising in the environment, this is a story of recycling and reuse. The building began its life as a simple flat-roofed brick construction. Originally it was a workshop for King’s Lynn furniture […]