Ann Fitzgerald
Bipolar
2014,
willow, straw mesh, jute, rayon thread, white and yellow lighting,
dimensions variable.
Exploring the theme ‘Magical Creatures with Backward Feet’, and capturing how the delicate nature of form creates a moment of magic and memories, is the essence of this work.
My sculptural work focuses on the interrelationship of forms using everyday materials that are associated with nature. Craft and floral art materials such as willow branches, string, threads and millinery material are used to create delicate structural forms that have a visual relationship united by the strength of their common bindings.
The opposing dichotomies of scale, and of open and closed structures formed by organic materials altered by chemical processes, create the bipolar tension. The lighting charges the space with atmosphere as the tiny forms appear to be trapped by the long sinew-like forms reaching out to embrace them. On their own, these small individual pieces create a kind of spark and fragility in the space, dominated by the larger more imposing forms.
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