Medium
Urban Construction Site Wall sculpture. “Holes” Are A Series Of Large-Scale Painted Plaster Reliefs Depicting Excavations In Athens. They invite us to look and yet at the same time may even repel us with images seemingly lacking in beauty or interest. The views they show are of places which exist beyond our contemporary gaze, hidden behind hoardings and sandwiched between tall buildings. They are generally inaccessible to the public and the alien environment holds no attraction for visitors. Consequently these places become like oases in the city. Places where the complexities of everyday living are stripped away to reveal the raw material of everything, space. Gaps between the buildings and voids in the earth expose nothingness. I am drawn to these places, which are like glitches in a computer program, momentary lapses in the ceaseless regeneration of the city, where we can see once more bare earth and open space, the exposed raw material from which all the rest of the visible creation around us has sprung.
Artist Comment
Hole I (Low Relief Coloured Trompe L`Oeil Wall Plaques)
by Toby Short
Toby Short is an independent arts professional. He studied at Camberwell School of Art in London becoming a professional sculptor…
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