Tuesday 1 October 2013

Hush Wing





Hush Wing is one of the earliest works in this exhibition, and it shows the beginnings of Viv's preoccupation with birds. Such a concern seems strange given that her chosen medium is stone, but – as with the mobile I Wish I Could Fly – Viv is able to promote the sense of freedom and weightlessness through something so permanent. This particular piece is certainly substantial and seems to defy gravity in that it is only connected to the base in one small area. In being only lightly representation it beautifully evokes bird in flight, but the monumentality of the piece acts as a bold and definite celebration of the very concepts that the bird in flight stands for.

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