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Born 1965. Known for: Sculpture.
Jane Simpson's practice challenges the idea of permanence and stasis, using materials such as ice, which itself is variable and unfixed. Ideas about the metamorphosis of reality into something more... Read full biography
Jane Simpson's practice challenges the idea of permanence and stasis, using materials such as ice, which itself is variable and unfixed. Ideas about the metamorphosis of reality into something more extraordinary are often central to Simpson's pieces. Her deep absorption with 'an everyday magic'... Read full biography
Jane Simpson's practice challenges the idea of permanence and stasis, using materials such as ice, which itself is variable and unfixed. Ideas about the metamorphosis of reality into something more extraordinary are often central to Simpson's pieces. Her deep absorption with 'an everyday magic' constantly informs her work, as is demonstrated by the present work Frozen Chandelier, 2000, in which an18th Century Italian crystal chandelier is gradually covered in ice. Though it may be barely... Read full biography
Jane Simpson's practice challenges the idea of permanence and stasis, using materials such as ice, which itself is variable and unfixed. Ideas about the metamorphosis of reality into something more extraordinary are often central to Simpson's pieces. Her deep absorption with 'an everyday magic' constantly informs her work, as is demonstrated by the present work Frozen Chandelier, 2000, in which an18th Century Italian crystal chandelier is gradually covered in ice. Though it may be barely perceptible, the work undergoes a continuous process of change as the chandelier is submitted to a constant cooling and the layer of ice continues to build and expand. Jane Simpson is best known for her sculptures of domestic paraphernalia made from... Read full biography
Jane Simpson's practice challenges the idea of permanence and stasis, using materials such as ice, which itself is variable and unfixed. Ideas about the metamorphosis of reality into something more extraordinary are often central to Simpson's pieces. Her deep absorption with 'an everyday magic' constantly informs her work, as is demonstrated by the present work Frozen Chandelier, 2000, in which an18th Century Italian crystal chandelier is gradually covered in ice. Though it may be barely perceptible, the work undergoes a continuous process of change as the chandelier is submitted to a constant cooling and the layer of ice continues to build and expand. Jane Simpson is best known for her sculptures of domestic paraphernalia made from unconventional materials such as refrigeration units, ice and rubber. She describes her preoccupation with ice as a sculptura... Read full biography
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Jane Simpson's practice challenges the idea of permanence and stasis, using materials such as ice, which itself is variable and unfixed. Ideas about the metamorphosis of reality into something more extraordinary are often central to Simpson's pieces. Her deep absorption with 'an everyday magic' constantly informs her work, as is demonstrated by the present work Frozen Chandelier, 2000, in which an18th Century Italian crystal chandelier is gradually covered in ice. Though it may be barely perceptible, the work undergoes a continuous process of change as the chandelier is submitted to a constant cooling and the layer of ice continues to build and expand.
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