Bone silence
Bone silence

Littlewhitehead

Bone silence, 2022195 x 103 x 19cmSign in to view price
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Material
acrylic on paper, sodium bicarbonate
Description
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This minimalist artwork showcases a large mound of pure white salt placed on a barren, earthy surface. The stark contrast between the pristine white salt and the drab, textured ground creates a striking visual balance. The simple, unadorned composition emphasizes the inherent beauty and purity of the salt, inviting the viewer to contemplate its natural origins and the transient nature of existence. The artist likely intended to explore themes of impermanence, the fragility of the natural world, and our complex relationship with the environment. ...

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Artist
Littlewhitehead
B.1980

Mixing influences from Dada, Minimalism, Land Art and Conceptualism, the artistic duo Littlewhitehead (Craig Little, b. 1980 in Glasgow & Blake Whitehead b. 1985 in Lanark, Scotland) develop eerie installations combining sculpture and painting. Meditating on themes of abandonment, built environments, social structures, and the passing of time, callous concrete models might sit in conversation with hollowed steel structures and surreal assemblages gathering objects at odds with one another. Often working durationally on a body of work, Littlewhitehead frequently leave sculptures out in the elements to weather prior to exhibiting them. Journeys Seldom End (2019-2022) for example was created over a period of three years, collecting leaves, pollen, and puddles of water in the process. Interactions with disused buildings or sites often sparks new projects for Littlewhitehead with unoccupied malls, California ghost towns and mid-century tower blocks serving as fertile ground to harvest. Digital shells, or fossils such as dated websites or blogs also intrigue the duo, with these digital environments also sharing a sense of dereliction and neglect. Void of human activity, their installations lay bare the fast paced hunger of modern society, with the sculptures and paintings housing societal fragments once beloved and now cast aside. ...

Littlewhitehead: Artworks
Hesitant Machine
Littlewhitehead
Hesitant Machine, 2020
57 x 27 x 25cm
Bone silence
Littlewhitehead
Bone silence, 2022
195 x 103 x 19cm
Shadows waste the dawn
Littlewhitehead
Shadows waste the dawn, 2022
23 x 66 x 24cm
Jungfrau
Littlewhitehead
Jungfrau, 2022
183 x 122 x 4cm
Where ash will fall
Littlewhitehead
Where ash will fall, 2022
183 x 139 x 55cm
Journeys Seldom End
Littlewhitehead
Journeys Seldom End, 2019
120 x 69 x 114cm
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