Sean Higgins

About

For his photographic edition works, Higgins seams together multiple views of real landscapes to create imaginary terrains. A form of digital cubism, in each of his compressed images, Higgins conjures the experience of moving through and existing within the landscape.

New ceramic sculptures are also inspired by landscape: specifically the volcanos of the Cascade mountain range and certain geological oddities of the West. Referencing US Geological Survey public domain data, the artist casts the forms in porcelain, then glazes them in a range of palettes and degrees of opacity. These sculptures are intended to be semi-functional: a volcano may resolve itself in an aperture, turning the sculpture into a vase. Evoking both the power and fragility of the landscape of which they are inspired, Higgins invites us to viscerally engage with the objects.