Hardback, full colour images, 84 pages W195mm x H271mm
This fully illustrated catalogue accompanies Lands End,
Ruth Claxton’s first solo show in the UK. For this exhibition, Claxton
has created an ambitious new installation. Metal structures are
large-scale and labyrinth-like, at times immersing the viewer in a
constructed world, enveloped by its sheer physicality. An environment
of open frameworks creates a dramatic fabrication of interlocking and
layered forms reminiscent of fantastic natural phenomena. Areas of
density and focus are developed by sequences of stacked metal hoops of
varying thickness, coloured and mirrored discs, seemingly precariously
balanced, toppling over and into each other.
The structure is dominant, at times appearing to be one of dynamic,
arrested motion, penetrating through walls, creating a tension with the
architecture of the galleries. Mirrored surfaces implicate the viewer
through endless reflection. The carefully fabricated stands retain
their utopian reference to design while recalling organic structures
such as the Giant’s Causeway or crystalline geological forms.