Garden From The Past
Garden From The Past is a series of works that explore the grid and the idea that the ceramic object is part of a wider network of human interaction and trace. During the making of these works I also consider the journey of ancient ceramic artefacts that have influenced me, in particular, how they have fragmented and picked up traces of erosion and wear that have occurred over the life-span of the object.
Detail, Garden From The Past — 2021, terracotta, 41 x 32 x 1.5cm, Photo: Sylvain Deleu
Of Dust and Ink - 2021, Porcelain, 35 x 15 x 10 cm, Photo: Sylvain Deleu
Garden From The Past — 2021, terracotta, 41 x 32 x 1.5cm, Photo: Sylvain Deleu
Over Foam-Flecked Waves and Pierced by Light — 2021, stained stoneware, 17 x 17 x 10cm, Photo: Sylvain Deleu
Surface Confliction – Cylinder — 2020, porcelain, 12 x 11 x 11cm Photo: Sylvain Deleu
Surface Confliction – Panel — 2020, terracotta, 37 x 31 x 1.5cm, Photo: Sylvain Deleu
By virtue of the grid, the given work of art is presented as a mere fragment, a tiny piece arbitrarily cropped from an infinitely larger fabric. Thus the grid operates from the work of art outward, compelling our acknowledgement of a world beyond the frame.’
- Rosalind Krauss