David Usher
Hold Me Close My Darling Condamine…’ bowl
2015,
wheel-thrown, mid-fired earthenware,
160mm x 100mm.
This vessel explores concepts of a ‘removed’ or ‘interrupted’ landscape and represents an isolation of experience of sound and colour and journey. These themes continue from previous bodies of work and are largely inspired by numerous road trips away from the city in a ritual of reconnection with self and place. The works also explore notions of separation of self within a context of disrupted memories.
Landscape plays an integral part in my visual arts practice because it is where I increasingly find solace. Landscape provides the space to actually note what is going on around me without distraction.
It allows me time to respond to those inner-voices/ideas which can otherwise be just ‘white noise’ in the back of your skull.
This environment has long been a significant metaphor for many aspects of my existence and forms the foundation of my practice. It allows me to experience ‘oneness’ and ‘otherness’ simultaneously.
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