Although these objects have their roots in the domestic, they are unfamiliar and ambiguous. Sculptures hang from the wall while the floor is painted. An empty lampshade is duplicated becoming doubly useless. These objects belong nowhere thus creating a sense of a domestic scene gone awry...
My work was chosen for the group exhibition 'Undertow' curated by Aideen Barry and Alice Maher which took place in Ormston Gallery in Limerick from Dec 2011 to Jan 2012. The show has been invited to the LAB in Dublin which will open at 6pm on Feb 2nd 2012 and run until the 3rd of March.
I want to create objects that come from everywhere but belong nowhere...
I am interested in found objects and how they carry within them their own associations, histories and gender. This piece was assembled with old bed springs and a rolling pin. The stacked piece evokes nightmarish dayglow cupcakes. Domestic references are clear with sexual tension at the core...
