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A sculptor explains his multiple wire-mesh figures which is seen in a sunny studio. The black sculpture made from steel is semi-transparent and produces shadows on the white background

Harmony and tension in multiple figure compositions

Interview
At the studio, 2 minutes
Triple composition of three male back figures
Steel-Mesh, black colour finish
54 x 45 x 12.5 cm.

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"It's summer here in London – our bodies may be in lockdown but our minds, our spirits and our imagination is certainly not. This is a new piece I am working on, it's a composition of three male figures.
The multiple figures are all about relationships.This sculpture here is about masculinity, talks about sticking together - as men, friends - but it has lots of other interpretations.
What do YOU think this relationship is?
That's the important bit - because sublimely it talks about relationships which are very personal interpretations from the viewer and I can see them in the sculpture when I make them and the viewer can see them because they are there in a totally transparent honest material; you can't hide anything with this, so everything is actually there!
It's what You see - it's a bit like these eye test drawings where you have coloured dots and if you're colour-blinded you can't see it but if you have normal vision you can see the picture. It sort of works on that level. On a sublimely level your read other relationships that can exist in the sculpture. "
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The distinction I make between art and design is that a design object is utilitarian and designed to be used whereas an art object is ‘useless’ other than being a work of art - as Pablo Picasso once said “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
David Begbie / Pablo Picasso
Last updated: 22/03/24