History Repeats Itself (Front)
This is a detail of the first piece in my Garden of Eden series, from a installation with the painter Maciej Urbanek (www.urbanek.co.uk). Concept information in the overview.
This is one piece of the three Garden of Eden series works. Explanation is with the overview.
Delilah undid Samson through intimacy; Alexander cut what he could not solve. This knot refuses both, a continuous form that offers no beginning, no end, no point of severance. Broken fragments in Madonna blue cover its surface, devotion and seduction reassembled. Weight: Approx. 100kg
Amber teething beads for toddlers, a necklace of teeth for the victor, glass beads used for exchange for people’s lives in the slave trade: a record of humanity no longer present.
The interior is clawed out, leaving a glossy landscape of finger marks. The raw, matte exterior creates a silent boundary for the chaos within.
Searching for the most elemental intra-action between person and clay. Divisible only by itself and one.
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