Alan Constable
Image: Alan Constable
Not titled (speckled movie camera) 2014
ceramic
21.5 x 27.5 x 14cm
Courtesy the artist, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney and Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
As any artist will tell you their work is an extension of themselves. Alan Constable adopts this mantra when discussing his new ceramic exhibition. Opening at the Darren Knight Gallery in Sydney’s Waterloo (11-9th May), Constable’s latest offering is a ceramic realisation of what he describes as his life long fascination with Cameras particularly vintage models.
Now in his 50s, Alan Constable began constructing replica cameras from cereal boxes as a child and his obsession has grown into the form of soft ceramic sculptures. Each piece shows off a uniquely tangible quality glazed and structured in a traditional artistic sense, but floppy and forced in a truly human representation. Each piece appears hand held and functional, however the memories and experiences that these sculptures exude could well be the Artists Objective.
A unique experience awaits viewers. Constable has found a way to turn technical instruments into whimsical manifestations of reality. Highly recommended. (BM)
Until May 9, Darren Knight Gallery, 840 Elizabeth St, Waterloo
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