A tad more complex than I'd originally intended; this first piece in the
collaboration project (now titled 'Unlockdown') between myself and the talented artist, Sharon Griffin,
is finally complete. Whilst documenting the sculpture I was surprised at how drastically its
outline changed when photographed from different viewpoints. So here are a few
pics of it, from those different viewpoints.
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| 1st sculpture from 2020 collaboration project between British artists, Sharon Griffin & Wayne Chisnall |
My earlier posts about our collaboration cover the nature of the project
and how it works. I was tempted to simply cut and paste in those details from
an earlier post about our project but as I'd already done that at least once
before I thought it best not to, to keep from going over old ground. If you are
interested however, please feel free to check out any of my earlier
Collaboration posts.
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| 1st sculpture from 2020 collaboration project between British artists, Sharon Griffin & Wayne Chisnall |
Throughout many of the project discussions that Sharon and I had, one of
the themes that kept coming up concerned the notion of 'the self'. I don't know
if it was with this in mind, or whether I just started reading more into the
work as it developed, but I came to view the piece's external framework (and
internal to an extent, as the oak battens penetrate the body of the central ceramic
figure, locking it in place) as a form of cage. This provoked me to consider
the potential loss or imprisonment of the self, through the cages that we build
around ourselves; similar to how we conform to, and are restricted by, the
stories of our own lives. Stories we tell ourselves and stories told about us.
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| 1st sculpture (detail) from 2020 collaboration project between British artists, Sharon Griffin & Wayne Chisnall |
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| 1st sculpture from 2020 collaboration project between British artists, Sharon Griffin & Wayne Chisnall |
One of the things I love about art (more so with sculpture) is the slow
reveal of extra layers of meaning that frequently occurs during the creation
process. I never truly know if these ideas are always unconsciously there, or
whether it's a meaning that I impose upon the work because of the way its
developing, and the visual suggestions it presents. Either way, the ideas and
notions that are thrown up often go on to inform further work and future lines
of enquiry.
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| 1st sculpture from 2020 collaboration project between British artists, Sharon Griffin & Wayne Chisnall |
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