Video: Porcelain Paradoxes by Kate McDowell
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Kate MacDowell works with porcelain, creating sculptures from this fragile material that reflect her view of the interaction of man and nature. Masterfully executed works, in which mythology and science are mixed, immerse the viewer in a charming and at the same time terrifying atmosphere of a fantasy world, where animals, parts of the human body, branches and leaves of trees have merged together.
In the sculptor's works, the romantic ideal of unity with nature comes into conflict with the modern human influence on the environment. To some extent, Kate McDowell's sculptures are answers to such global problems as climate change, toxic pollution and the existence of genetically modified foods. On the other hand, they include elements borrowed from mythology and art history.
The main idea of the sculptures by Kate McDowell is this: a person is too vulnerable and, as a result, he himself becomes a victim of his destructive activity in relation to nature. The sculptor's work is a careful registration of endangered natural forms and accompanying commentary, recognizing the guilt of humanity.
Keith handcrafts each porcelain sculpture, often making a solid shape and then carving the shapes out of it. The author says that she chose porcelain because of its paradoxical qualities. In her view, this fragile material, on the one hand, emphasizes the instability and instability of natural forms in dying ecosystems. But at the same time, porcelain products can exist for hundreds of years, historically being the personification of high social status and prosperity.
Kate McDowell has been working with porcelain for 4 years and admits that she immediately fell in love with this material. Prior to her passion for sculpture, she taught English to students and at the same time worked on the creation of websites. Now she works in her own studio and travels a lot, noting that she does not photograph other countries and places, but simply absorbs their atmosphere.
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