BILLIE BOND
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photo credit: Anne Purkiss

Artist Statement

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'For me, the rendering of realism is a craft,
the art begins when I destroy it'
The Human form, in particular the portrait, and a compulsive enquiry of matter fuels my creativity, often using a material’s history or experience to lead a sculptural investigation.
My work is concerned with identity and a personal obsession of revealing the concealed, exposing the discarded and the overlooked, repairing the broken and exploring ideas of duality. 
I try to translate an inner being through a disrupted surface, creating new and different visual conversations.
Processes of destruction and repair investigate aspects of trauma and healing, rejuvenation and change. 
From figurative realism to material led abstraction I am discovering ways of paralleling the process of making with altered states and adapted minds in a quest to explore what it is to be human.
The formality of ancient Egyptian art, the classicism of Bernini, the madness of Messerschmitt, 
philosophy and allegory are my inspirations.



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Inside Out represents a path of self-criticism; where I have lain bare a fragility and resilience for all to see, seeking to challenge the traditional Academic establishment’s hierarchy of art principles and aesthetics of portrait sculpture.
Perfect Imperfection - The Art of Healing explores the fragility and resilience of the human condition through the violated materiality of the sculpted portrait.
Migrant Material - Connecting Matter With Being A Close examination of exhumed sub terrain material led to questions of our relationship with and connections to the earth and its contents; its changing climates and shifting terrain.


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  • Home
  • About
    • Artist Statement
    • History
    • Press & Publications
    • Exhibitions & Awards
  • Kintsugi Sculpture
  • Gallery
    • The World Outside
    • Isolation
    • Perfect Imperfection
    • The Clinker Connection
    • Migrant Material
    • Bronze Sculptures
    • Emily Williamson Statue
    • Commissions
    • Archive >
      • A Link With The Past
      • Portrait sculpture
      • The Body >
        • Olympia Selfie After Manet
        • Music Festival
        • Venus 2010
        • Man With Phone
        • Nearly the First Smile
        • Ballet
        • Peloton
    • Garden Sculpture
  • Quarry Life Blog
  • Contact
  • shop