This work was shortlisted for the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2020
How can I visualize experienced psychological and intrusive forces through a material approach?
Applying forces, treating surfaces as a material with its own intention, I do relate this to the resistance of the body and the skin to intrusive imagery techniques (e.g. medical, surveillance). In the process I do encounter psychological states of vulnerability and fragmentation. My acting and making create tensions and the fragile material makes new perspectives visible that would be otherwise invisible, incomprehensible.
Through my applied forces of stretching and pulling, I do feel resistance. I am forced to react and to let go. Materials do have their own intention. Eventually, there will be sustainable balance between the materials and me. The final composition is a reflection of this process.
I consider this work a sculptural painting, to be hung in front of a wall or suspended freely in space. As a painting it relates to a traditional painting methodology of using stretcher, canvas and paint. As a sculpture it asks for moving around, to make multiple sides visible and to overcome a sense of flatness.
The rather small size is chosen to invite the viewer for a more intimate engagement with the work. This work is part of larger series of 'Skin Sculptures'.
- Subject Matter: abstract
- Created: 2019
- Collections: Skin Sculptures