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Charles Dennington
Born 1982, Australia. Currently lives and works in Sydney. Charles studied a B. Design – Visual Communication majoring in Photomedia at the University Of Western Sydney. As part of his studies he completed an exchange semester at Köln International School of Design in Cologne, Germany.Since 2007 Charles’ work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions at artist run initiatives. In 2009 he currated and showed work in the group exhibition Palliate the Possession at Serial Space.
No Right Turn Artist Statement
Worms Head explores the sculptural ability of drawing to describe a form as it might appear at an angle in space and in light. The resulting form is membranous, unfolded and twisted. It is a light head instead of a dense one which is formed by a constellation of pockets and cones.
The facial apparition presented in Worms Head is a good example of the common thread appearing throughout my recent work. Heads and figures made from light materials are attached together to form representations in space. The presence I see in my mind is translated as a sculpture from which I make a drawing. This then becomes the basis for another sculpture, and so on. Delusions of what I see behind my eyes inform my practice by motivating me to present these imagined mind artefacts as definitive forms.
The facial apparition presented in Worms Head is a good example of the common thread appearing throughout my recent work. Heads and figures made from light materials are attached together to form representations in space. The presence I see in my mind is translated as a sculpture from which I make a drawing. This then becomes the basis for another sculpture, and so on. Delusions of what I see behind my eyes inform my practice by motivating me to present these imagined mind artefacts as definitive forms.
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