Drawing Boundaries

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Boundaries create edges and mark a limit - they separate our inner and outer experience of the world and determine our bodies, objects and place in space. They make us feel safe whilst enabling invention and play. The theme of boundaries has been more significant than ever since the pandemic – we have had to redraw the boundaries between our private and public selves, and re-negotiate the boundaries that determine our physical world and our connection to other bodies.

For Drawing Boundaries, Griffiths will present a new body of hollow extruded clay sculptures that take on the appearance of connective hardware such as cords, cables, wires, or girders and were created by a set of extrusion dies. The extrusions are manipulated through repeated actions such as folding, bending, tearing, or twisting and combined together, often in pairs, to explore themes of attachment, release and enclosure.

Also working in sculpture and with the addition of images, Snell will be installing digital photography and sculptural works in silicone that are intuitive, skin-like and fluid. Materials are poured, sliced, shaped, and hung, the resulting sculptures reflect a tension between both the vulnerability and the fragile resilience of the female body.

Finally, Luxton will be exhibiting a series of paintings and animations. Using Blender, a 3D graphics program, she designed simulated worlds from which she creates her paintings. Combining, layering, and enlarging repeating shapes and simplified forms, she disassembles and reimagines materials, like piecing together memories, aiming to create a sense of intrigue which sits on the edge of recognition.

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