I explore the relationship between self and object, and am interested in the emergence of the subconscious and inheritance of memory; I make contemporary pieces within a historical traditional framework that contain allegorical messages. My work questions belief systems, truth and myth. I am particularly interested in the use of cultural spaces and how work that is exhibited outside of the gallery space and put into sacred spaces may be met by viewers.
I express poetical visual language that brings a playful approach to some of the more spiritual and religious themes that run throughout my work.
My sculptures open up dark areas of our collective consciousness and confront anxieties, as well as being tempered by humour. The iconographies are drawn from many different sources, including Christianity, art history and mythical legends and dreams, without being reducible to a single source or meaning.
I collect or use existing objects already owned. I live with the objects for a while and consider their qualities and develop a relationship between myself and singular or group of objects and they begin to relate to each other. My work intends to ask the viewer to consider their ownership and importance of objects, in particular the temporal aspect of material things and how objects affect our memory recall.
I photograph the objects using lighting techniques that go on to alter the work further to evoke an atmosphere.
Hi Marianne,
ReplyDeleteI particularly like the look of that jug. Quite Grayson Perry. Hope all goes well with the show xx