Much of my work, whether
in the form of sculpture, installation, performance, or some hybrid
in between, is concerned with symbolism and metaphor - with the
personal and cultural meanings that we assign to objects, materials
and places. I am inspired by dreams, mythology and fairytales, and
by the archetypes which inhabit them and which influence both individual
and collective understanding, beliefs and desires.
I feel a strong affinity with and connection to found objects,
broken and abandoned things, and almost always use them in my work,
fascinated by their mystery, the associations and memories surrounding
them, and the ways they are changed by elemental forces and by time.
My work also often includes an element of contradiction - sometimes
using materials which have at the same time delicacy and strength;
creating objects whose properties defy their function; or attempting
to exploit or subvert the tension between opposing forces or qualities
such as attraction and repulsion, secrecy and spectacle, freedom
and constraint, the supposed imaginary and the purportedly real. |
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