My art practice is grounded in sculpture. I view sculpture as an art form which balances traditional formal qualities (space, weight, time) against contemporary concerns (such as free and considered choice of media and place). I am motivated by art activities which are live, indeterminate, and intuitive, structured by this strong conceptual framework.
I use performative actions and material experiments to work with a variety of media, which varies by project. Outcomes usually return to the language of sculpture to involve physical work, often combined with performance, sound or film elements.
I graduated (hons.) in Fine Art (Sculpture) from the University of Brighton. I worked for several years in public art fabrication. I am studying MA Fine Art: Sculpture at Camberwell, University of the Arts London.
Recently, I have been working with a research question about the role of ‘monumentality’ and the monument in contemporary sculpture. The monument is sculpture at its most historically-bounded; generally large, pedestalled, representative, symbolic, macho, public, ‘permanent,’ and object-based.
I sought to investigate and challenge this by making historically-loaded objects that were nevertheless small, banal, non-figurative and dispersable. I also experimented with ephemeral public-space interventions which were documented through photography and video.
I offer one reflection on the statue-toppling debate: any celebration, whether a birthday party or a political moment, which goes on for too long risks becoming cloying, messy, and leaving behind a nasty residue for the next person to deal with. Timing is everything.