Telegraph Hill Festival Open Studios, SE14 5SD 24 March 1-6pm
This show is drawn from a range of explorative pieces made as an attempt in deepening of the mundane existence by making. Soothing the reality of life that is inevitably stained with suffering by pursuing visual and poetic meaning making and being consistently responsive to the whims of practice and thus allowing these often dream-like pieces to emerge.
Touching upon the themes of female embodiment, childhood worries, spirituality, resistance to tyranny, search for mother and the feminine source the work is developed though the interaction of digital image and the presence of fired and glazed clay body, evoking permanence. Combined through time-based and demanding making process of many stages this work is a study of how the surface can present depth and how figuration contorts into formlessness.
The printed element of the work includes quotes from family photo archive, Pergamum Frieze, images of Rodin’s sculptures, poetry, internet, and my own collage work. The video work in the garden is a piece from 2007, called Egg and Bacon.
Rhythm of making, language, and physicality of life in day-to-day existence are consistently important for how this work is developed. Making is a process and a site of becoming that constantly negotiates the balance between gaining or losing control over media, whether it is ink, clay, or paint.
The work in this show is not for sale, but if you are interested in following my practice, please join my mailing list and I will be in touch when it becomes available.