Works in the Every Picture Sculpture series find
something in photography and make something out of it. Every picture could tell
a story but for me every picture talks sculpture. I make something from what is striking in the
photograph, add or embellish a hint or murmur and turn it into a production
number.
Each work is built around something inherent and
compelling about the photograph. That something keys into memory, seizes an
opportunity or recognition and takes the photographic subject or element back
into three-dimensional space. As wall-mounted sculpture they are folded, box
like or shelf shaped; protrusions or reliefs coming off the wall, photographs
wrapped around forms.
Photography and sculpture work hard in their
juxtaposition; sometimes denying the autonomy of one over the other, often
supporting add-ons which are tactile mementos meant to be handled. What emerges
from this reworking is a form that privileges neither photography nor
sculpture. The works are assemblages, like early 20th century
artworks, and relate to Dada objects in their uncanny and often blunt
opposition of signs. There is a loop from photographing, viewing, making the
sculpture only to be returned to the photograph.
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| Lost Cat, Stephen Hennessy © 2009 |
