Fiona Campbell, Glut, 2018
Found and recycled materials, some with emotional significance (deceased dog’s toys, blanket, lead, collar), foam, sponge, twine, copper wire, old clothes, fabric (some hand-dyed with avocado pits), wool, sisal, string, thread, rope, plastic netting, plastic bags, plaster, handmade paper, wax, oil, steel
Glut is an outpouring, a form of suturing, an emotional response to factory farming, our plastic oceans, animal extinctions, climate breakdown, the passing of life. A ‘curtain’ of tentacular entrails, viscous bodily hybrids transformed, ‘Glut’ is seductive and disgusting. The materials (especially personal items) speak of past lives, loss, textiles, craft. In contrast, the organic forms symbolise death, violence, but also vulnerability and renewal - the duality of horror and tenderness.
Glut is an outpouring, a form of suturing, an emotional response to factory farming, our plastic oceans, animal extinctions, climate breakdown, the passing of life. A ‘curtain’ of tentacular entrails, viscous bodily hybrids transformed, ‘Glut’ is seductive and disgusting. The materials (especially personal items) speak of past lives, loss, textiles, craft. In contrast, the organic forms symbolise death, violence, but also vulnerability and renewal - the duality of horror and tenderness.