Untitled Timepiece (THE LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE OUR PATHOLOGY HAS NOT YET BEEN INVENTED), 2018132.1 x 132.1cmSign in to view price
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silkscreen, acrylic, and graphite on canvas covered panelPraz-Delavallade
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This contemporary artwork features a collage-like composition of various abstract shapes, symbols, and text elements within a clock face. The colors are muted, primarily consisting of neutral tones with accents of red and yellow. The overall arrangement creates a visually dynamic and complex design, blending geometric patterns with more organic, expressive forms. The artwork appears to comment on the passage of time and the fragmented nature of modern life, drawing the viewer's attention to the juxtaposition of numerical markings and eclectic visual elements. The artist's intention seems to be to challenge the viewer's perception of time and prompt reflection on the rapid pace of contemporary society. ...
Amanda Ross-Ho works across painting, sculpture, photography, and drawing and these varied components of her practice regularly gather within her surreal installations. Often blending more utilitarian matter such as polystyrene, sharpie ink or thread with discarded everyday objects such as clothing or receipts, Ross-Ho brings these ephemera together in a deeply observant context— using varying techniques to “conflate or collapse the authentic or the performed from the everyday”. Borrowing from the techniques of the Dadaists and their ready-mades, a wine-soaked piece of notepaper might provide the surface for a silk screen print, or a pair of workwear trousers could spark a series of gigantic sculptures. Uncanny-drawn motifs such as cartoon faces or calligraphic clockfaces continue to surface in varying forms, reincarnated in textiles, photographs or sculptures, building an otherworldly language and oeuvre for Ross-Ho to manoeuvre within. Experimenting with scale and these alternating processes, Ross-Ho is able to extract the bizarre from the seemingly banal, contorting associations to reveal the thin line between artifice and nature in our everyday environments. ...
