This striking abstract artwork features two prominent shapes against a stark black background. The first shape resembles a white, angular form, while the second appears as a delicate, intricate crystal-like structure. The composition is minimalist and dramatic, relying on the interplay of light and shadow to create a sense of depth and contrast. The artist's technique seems to embrace the use of negative space, allowing the viewer to focus on the sculptural qualities of the featured elements. This piece may explore themes of duality, the relationship between organic and inorganic forms, or the tension between simplicity and complexity. ...
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. ...
