Isolation
Work created during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.
For a while I didn't know what to do with myself. There was an expectation for artists to suddenly become creative, but I had 'artists block'. Then one day, while numbly gazing out of the window at my newly acquired fully seeded and bustling bird feeder, I looked at freedom and freedom looked back at me. This work explores ideas of liberty and confinement and a new obsession with nature.
For a while I didn't know what to do with myself. There was an expectation for artists to suddenly become creative, but I had 'artists block'. Then one day, while numbly gazing out of the window at my newly acquired fully seeded and bustling bird feeder, I looked at freedom and freedom looked back at me. This work explores ideas of liberty and confinement and a new obsession with nature.
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Head Space
Glazed stoneware, MDF, paint, wire H31 W26 D26 cm SOLD |
Window
Glazed stoneware, MDF, paint H58 W26 D19 cm |
Cage
Glazed Stoneware, MDF, paint, wire H52 W25.5 D25.5 cm |
These Isolation series, made from left-over class demonstration portraits, represent the global incarcerated faces that look out from the window to a nature that, for a short while, is taking back some freedom. They were made as part of the @matthewburrowsstudio #artistsupportpledge where you are encouraged to post images of your work on Instagram to sell for no more than £200 each (not including shipping) Anyone can buy the work. Every time you reach £1000 of sales you pledge to buy another artist's work for £200. The idea is to help alleviate some of the stress that artists have found themselves due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with exhibitions, commissions, teaching and sales disappeared. If you are interested in purchasing any of the works still for sale, please contact me.
Below is a YouTube video showing how I made the birds.
Below is a YouTube video showing how I made the birds.
Isolation 1
ceramic, cement, scaffold board, roof timber, wire SOLD |
Isolation 2
ceramic, cement, scaffold board, roof timber, wire SOLD |
Isolation 3
ceramic, cement, scaffold board, roof timber, wire SOLD |
Isolation 4
ceramic, cement, scaffold board, roof timber, wire £200 |
Self Isolation
ceramic, cement, scaffold board, roof timber, wire SOLD |
Isolation 5
ceramic, cement, scaffold board, roof timber, wire £200 |
Isolation 6
ceramic, cement, scaffold board, roof timber, wire, mud, silicon £200 |
Isolation 7
ceramic, scaffold board, roof timber, £200 |
Isolation 8
ceramic, scaffold board, roof timber, £200 |
Isolation 9
ceramic, scaffold board, roof timber, sold |
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