ELEMENTAL EFFIGIES / THE LOCKDOWN ARMY / EROSION APOSTLES
A development of The Lockdown Army/Heroes Of Isolation and Erosion Apostles [2020-22] began in late 2022 with a freestanding collection of works, Elemental Effigies.
This development repositions the swaddled and abstracted multiple-figure previously contained by an island environment or an almost coffin-like drawer, allowing this symbol to become the ‘canvas’ to explore embedded material and additional material options.
The focus concerns the exploration of the singular human aspect and impact on both local and global environments.
Man, Myth, Machine.
Where Man=Human [All Of Us]
Where Myth=Past [Knowledge]
Where Machine= Industry [And Technology]
As before, these are produced as multiples but not constrained by the concept of editions, rather each becomes its’ own entity, its’ own emotional and emotive response, clothed in a range of habits born of found objects and materials. Each also holds a relationship and dialogue with other members of the group.
THE LOCKDOWN ARMY/HEROES OF ISOLATION: An expansive series of works originating during the global lockdown of 2020, developing throughout 2021/22. The members of this series are united by the repetition of a singular motif, a cast of a New Orleans Mardi Gras sugar baby, a symbol representing the ‘Everyman’.
SCULPTURE: A MONUMENTAL SERIES DELIVERED IN INTIMATE STYLE
MATERIALS: CAST & SCULPTED RESINS, JESMONITE, PLASTER, CONCRETE, RECLAIMED OBJECTS & RECYCLED METAL WORK, METAL POWDERS, PAINTS & GLAZES