Artist
Sam Bramwell
Sculptor Sam Bramwell Exhibition at Ironbridge Fine Arts
Artist
Part of events on ArtRabbit in: Ironbridge
“I create sculptures using found materials from specific locations. Based on the narrative within the material and place, I allow for chance and a spontaneous reaction to the site. I search for the narrative within the material and site-specific work and seek to provoke this in sculptural forms. To see something and search for the visceral and destructive impact within our environment is an important element to me. Objects which decay, passing of time, history of a place and what used to exist forms an unusual juxtaposition between present state of the found material and imagined state of its past. In my mind, removing historical context leaves visual form. As an artist I am revealing the material and allowing a different perspective raising questions to the viewer. My ongoing body of works examines the ongoing relationship that I have with London city life and the discarded materials within it. The sculptures were made from rusted objects along the Thames riverbank and discarded wood that I found outside houses where I live in East Dulwich. Every week I would climb down the ladder and fill up a big Ikea bag full of materials from the Thames to which would be the starting blocks for my sculptures. The rust and water corrosion formed a layer over many of these objects, so they had a pure and formal element. I imagined each sculpture containing its own character or mood. In some sense, it was about bringing these materials to life whilst also protecting their ambiguous qualities’’
Exhibitions and Events
2022