People visit galleries and expect to see art. What if a viewer visited a gallery and did not see any art? What if they saw the artworks without realising?

 

I make objects that look like other objects to deceive the audience into believing that my sculptures are not artwork. The work confronts how the line between everyday life and art is becoming blurred. The artwork I create often returns to the theme of appropriation, whether I am subverting pre-existing imagery, or forms and designs.

 

There is an element of playfulness to the work, through the optical illusion and playful tricking of the viewer’s perception. The sculptures are made to look as realistic as possible and to the scale of the original objects, while using a range of materials to create them, such as wood, resin and plaster. While the sculptures are visually realistic which causes the audience’s vision to be disrupted, forcing them to do a double take of the work. The tactile nature of the sculptures breaks the illusion, making the audience aware that what they are viewing is a piece of art.