Revalue: to change the value of something or to consider it again
My current work focuses on the subjective nature of the value of cultural objects by the reinterpretation of their form in a contrasting medium. The use of marble, both in terms of its classic sculptural heritage and the time and skill taken to carve, establishes a value counterpoint to the referenced object, while the use of a single medium and it's carving by hand by the artist, in an age when art can encompass an endless variety of media and out-sourcing of production, provides a consistent narrative thread through which the on-going themes can be contextualized.
This series of sculptures began with the creation of the marble brick; inspired by the cost of property, it evolved to represent the value that is attached to whatever is called 'home', whether that be a physical place, or a person or persons.
I am further developing my series of pieces 'the detritus of society' which revalues the cost of packaging in a throw-away society and includes discarded coke cans, coffee cups, water bottles, cigarette packets and fast food packaging.
New works currently been developed include pieces referencing objects which are ubiquitous and desirable one minute and consigned to history the next (light bulb), objects revalued through nostalgia, the iconography of weapons of destruction (grenade), the machinery of a bygone industrial age remade as art 'we don't make anything anymore, only art', and the power of objects as visual metaphor (the relative nature of existence).
Pure form sculpture
My 'pure form' work is inspired by the idea of capturing a passing thought or concept and realising it through the power of minimal, pure form and the permanence of stone or metal.
It is motivated by the desire to represent fundamental themes and the apparent dichotomies in the world around us, such as permanence and transition, balance and imbalance, the definite and the intangible, what is and what should be.