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拍品专文
'There is a story told in every piece of stone that is more magnificent than any creation myth, so when I carve into the stone I’m imposing my own tiny moment on it, I put a little modern consciousness back into nature' - Emily Young
In Purbeck Blue Angel, Emily Young presents the viewer with a serene and intriguing ancient portrait head hewn from marble, emerging from the unworked stone, to evoke a familiar yet other-worldly presence. Individual colours and textures of the natural marble are brought forward to highlight the living qualities of the material and to allow us to contemplate the cycle of geological events that have led to the configuration of this stone over millennia - blending ancient stone with modern sensibility.
The artist discovered her passion for sculpture and direct carving when she encountered a piece of marble offcut and masonry tools left behind by a visitor. While exploring the surface of the stone she was struck by the precision and physicality required of the carver and this became a new medium for her artistic expression. Each piece of stone is collected for its natural texture, colour and patterns, often sourced from the Italian countryside where she lives, her carving is stimulated by responding instinctively to the qualities of a number of different materials, from alabaster to marble, and malachite, onyx, lapis lazuli, and in the present work, Purbeck marble. The carving process is continually adapted to complement the characteristics of the stone and its journey through time.
Emily Young brings stone carving to the forefront of British contemporary sculpture, building on and reinventing the oeuvre of twentieth-century giants such as Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. Her work is held by many private and public collections, with permanent installations at St Paul’s Churchyard, the Imperial War Museum, Salisbury Cathedral, and St James’s Church, Piccadilly. She has exhibited at many prestigious museums including The Getty Center, Los Angeles, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, and The Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids.
In Purbeck Blue Angel, Emily Young presents the viewer with a serene and intriguing ancient portrait head hewn from marble, emerging from the unworked stone, to evoke a familiar yet other-worldly presence. Individual colours and textures of the natural marble are brought forward to highlight the living qualities of the material and to allow us to contemplate the cycle of geological events that have led to the configuration of this stone over millennia - blending ancient stone with modern sensibility.
The artist discovered her passion for sculpture and direct carving when she encountered a piece of marble offcut and masonry tools left behind by a visitor. While exploring the surface of the stone she was struck by the precision and physicality required of the carver and this became a new medium for her artistic expression. Each piece of stone is collected for its natural texture, colour and patterns, often sourced from the Italian countryside where she lives, her carving is stimulated by responding instinctively to the qualities of a number of different materials, from alabaster to marble, and malachite, onyx, lapis lazuli, and in the present work, Purbeck marble. The carving process is continually adapted to complement the characteristics of the stone and its journey through time.
Emily Young brings stone carving to the forefront of British contemporary sculpture, building on and reinventing the oeuvre of twentieth-century giants such as Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. Her work is held by many private and public collections, with permanent installations at St Paul’s Churchyard, the Imperial War Museum, Salisbury Cathedral, and St James’s Church, Piccadilly. She has exhibited at many prestigious museums including The Getty Center, Los Angeles, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, and The Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids.