Visual Elements: The image depicts a curved, rustic metal frame against a textured brick wall. The frame has a warm, aged appearance, contrasting with the cool, earthy tones of the brickwork.
Subject Matter: The frame appears to be an old farming tool, possibly a scythe or sickle, repurposed as an artistic element.
Artistic Style and Technique: The piece has a minimalist, industrial aesthetic, highlighting the raw, weathered quality of the found object and its integration with the natural brick surface.
Context: This artwork may be part of a larger exhibition exploring the intersection of nature, industry, and recycled materials, reflecting the artist's interest in the juxtaposition of the old and the new. ...
Virginia Overton creates works that directly respond to the space they occupy through sculpture, installation, and photography. Continuously reusing and recycling materials used in her previous works, such as wood, brass, steel, glass or cedar from the artist’s family farm in Tennessee, Overton’s process is performative and reactive. She closely works with the settings of her works, be that architectural elements of a space or a natural landscape. Overton’s practice is in a refreshing and elegant dialogue with the traditionally monumental movement of land art. Combining industrial with natural elements, reinventing sculptures into paintings, and revealing inherent imperfections, Overton works with forms, textures and shapes, developing her unique sculptural language. ...
Galerie Francesca Pia was founded 1990 in Bern and from their first exhibitions forward has consistently fostered contemporary artists including Betty Woodman (1990), Peter Fischli & David Weiss (1992), Hans-Peter Feldmann (1993), Thomas Bayrle (1998), Mai-Thu Perret (2000), Wade Guyton (2004), Jutta Koether (2008) and Rochelle Feinstein (2016) et al. Today the gallery is known for the discovery and promotion of emerging artists. After 16 years in Bern, the gallery moved to a larger space in Zurich in 2007. In 2012 the gallery extended and relocated to a more generous space in the historic Löwenbrau building, where it continues to engage in an ambitious program, representing over thirty artists of different generations. ...
