This striking artwork features a bold, abstract composition of vibrant greens and earthy tones. The irregular, organic shapes create a dynamic, almost geological structure, evoking a sense of natural growth and transformation. The artwork's textured surface and unconventional form suggest the use of innovative sculpting techniques, blending elements of abstraction and natural inspiration. The artist's creative vision seems to explore the interplay between the man-made and the organic, inviting the viewer to contemplate the delicate balance and interconnectedness found in the natural world. ...
Through the use of clay, ceramic, plaster, wood, polystyrene and latex, among others, Tamara Van San creates sculptures that celebrate shape, volume and colour. Her small and large-scaled, indoors and outdoors works appear in bright, unexpected shapes, dominated by circles and ovals, with splashes of colour following their outlines. Deeply experimental and unique, Van San’s practice is described as ‘anti-classical’ in its refusal to adhere to the tradition of unity, beauty and purity. Instead, her process is intuitive and intimate, allowing the materiality and the form of her works to, in the artist’s words, “resolve themselves through the process of their own making”. As a result, her sculptures are an unpredictable expression of their own physicality, non-figurative yet communicative. Landing on the fine line between harmony and disorder, Van San’s sculptures are liberating experimentations, cheerful yet uncanny. ...
