SCOURED
The everyday transformed into soft sculptures. Realising the domestic material from its utilitarian and functional use while opening up to more allusive dimensions.
Yellow, green and pink Scoured soft sculpture still life (detail)
Orange, green, yellow, red, and blue Scoured hexagon soft sculpture still life (detail)
Orange, green, yellow, red, and blue Scoured rhomboid soft sculpture still life (detail)
Orange, green, red and pink Scoured soft sculpture still life (detail)
Domestic soft sculptures
Scoured (2015) is a way to combine infinite possibilities of colour and composition within a site-specific context, integrating architectural elements into the artwork and releasing the domestic material – kitchen scours and sponges – from its utilitarian and functional use while opening it up to more allusive dimensions.
Working between painting and soft sculpture the work is sensitive to the dynamic potential of texture and colour. Directly interacting with her materials, the artist injects herself into the spaces she constructs and plays with the mechanics of sensory perception, fusing the tactile with the visual.
Artwork details
| Artwork | Scoured (2015) |
| Material | Domestic scouring pads and sponges, water-based construction adhesive, cotton thread |
| Dimensions | Variable |
| Exhibition |
Ferial
Articulate project space, Leichhardt, NSW, AU 9 - 18 January 2015 |
Credits
Photos
Corey Rankin; courtesy of the visitors
Provision of the Exhibition Space
Articulate project space
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Installation assistant Christopher Verheyden