Kevin OsmondThe Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 15 September - 21 October 2006
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Osmond’s new series of sculptural compositions are inspired by ‘scapes’ - landscapes, cloudscapes, dreamscapes or starscapes - made from everyday components and throwaway items that in actuality imperil these environments. They provide escape routes from everyday consumer culture into a utopian universe where nothing is wasted – everything is recycled, reworked or reused. Osmond’s practice references a plethora of earthly and celestial elements, including clouds, water droplets, wind and topographical configurations. He also draws on current scientific ideas about the microcosm and macrocosm of space – from molecular structure and chaos theory to wormholes. While alluding to techniques used in traditional landscape painting and exploratory space imagery, Osmond utilises contemporary sculptural forms and materials to re-invent our view. |
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Building molecular configurations from chopsticks or windfarms out of coffee stirrers, Osmond builds up complexity and interrelation from the repetition and adaptation of simple forms. Obsessive and experimental, he transforms the mundane into the mesmeric.
Mark Tanner was a sculptor who trained at St. Martin’s College of Art and was associated with Standpoint from its inception. He worked mainly in steel, and was one of the first artists to show in Standpoint Gallery. He died in 1998 after a long illness. The Mark Tanner Award was established in 2001, on the initiative of and with full sponsorship from a private charitable trust, to keep alive the passion and enthusiasm he had for the making of art. |
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