The House of Dreams

Steve Wright uses the discarded objects of everyday life to create mosaics: milk bottle tops, broken dolls, dolls eyeballs, the contents of Christmas crackers, false teeth, pen lids, crockery, and the rich pickings of a car boot sale. Seemingly worthless ubiquitous objects are turned into jewels that become an integral part of the stories he tells. His interest is driven by the impromptu aesthetic qualities that they offer. Wright’s use of objects is Outsider Art. A Baroque Art for our times.

More is more. Forget about the minimalist graphics and the bare bones of conceptual art. Steve Wright has borrowed from the traditions of Folk Art and made it his own. An opera of colour and texture adorns the walls of his Art Gallery/home and garden. Each room is a richly embroidered tapestry interwoven with his stories. He has created his own Mexico in a quiet grey street in Dulwich. The house is bequeathed to the National Trust and open to visitors by appointment.

 Wright is a versatile artist working in a broad range of materials across a range of disciplines. He has worked in print, hand painted silks, knitted fabrics and has designed stationary and greeting cards. His work is defined by colour, texture, pattern and story telling and is informed by the Folk Art Traditions of Haiti, Mexico, India and South America that have stimulated him. Other influences cited by Wright are disability, illness and imperfection. He is drawn to the spiritual, iconographic and religious significance of the Folk Art object.

The House Of Dreams is open by appointment or on the above dates. Please contact Stephen Wright at steveparis50@yahoo.co.uk

Museum opening days for 2013.
6th April 2013, 11th May, 8th June, 6th July, 3rd August, 7th September.
Opening hours 11am to 4pm.
Or by appointment only at other times.
Entry is ten pounds per person. Children are free.