Gabriele Beveridge's sculpture "Stem" features a vertical arrangement of transparent glass spheres with subtle pink hues, creating an organic and delicate form. The piece suggests fragility and transformation, reminiscent of bubbles or cells. Utilizing found materials from commercial sites, Beveridge's work explores themes of beauty, commerce, and the body's exterior. The minimalist style and refined craft resonate with the artist's interest in presentation and display, drawing from her background in incorporating promotional imagery from beauty salons. "Stem" reflects Beveridge’s ongoing exploration of the intersections between personal identity and commercial aesthetics. ...
Beveridge’s materials frequently derive from commerce sites, particularly those where we prepare and process our bodies or, more accurately, where we pay others to perform labour on our surfaces. Display and presentation are persistent themes throughout the practice. Beveridge includes found photographic imagery, cropped posters and promotional material found in hair and nail salons, alongside photograms, glass and other natural materials.
Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Packed Stars Dividing at Seventeen (2022), Great Pretender at Kai Art Center (2021), Live Dead World at Seventeen (2018-19) Soft Shrinking Tremor at Parisian Laundry, Montreal (2017), Eternity Anyways at Chewday’s, London (2016), Mainland at MOT, Brussels (2015), Health and Strength at La Salle de Bains, Lyon and Gold Diamond Park at Elizabeth Dee, New York (2014).
Seventeen presented a solo exhibit by Gabriele Beveridge at LISTE Art Fair, Basel in June 2022. ...
