My current body of work explores the link between matter and energy, a fusion of subjective and objective reality, and the effect our perception has on the world around us. My works are non-objective, functioning as a conduit between the observer and the environment, to facilitate communication. By using simple, elegant forms and light I seek to create a balance between a ritualistic artistic process and the natural phenomena around me – a balance that has the potential to influence the experience of the viewer or participant, as they allow themselves to enter their own state of balance with the world around them. The forms I create are simple, elegant – without baggage.
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| Claire Morgan was born in Belfast and now lives in London. Since graduating in 2003, Claire has exhibited internationally, with solo exhibitions in the UK and Europe, and museum shows in US and Australia. After showing sculptures at Palais de Tokyo and Fiac in 2009, Claire unveiled her first solo exhibition in France. Life. Blood., at Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, received national news coverage in France, with private collectors acquiring most of the works on the opening night. Alongside suspended sculptures, this was the first time Claire exhibited the ‘blood drawings’ that have rapidly become her signature. Recent exhibitions of note include Dead Or Alive, (MAD, New York), on&on, (La Casa Encendida, Madrid), Monanism, (MONA, Tasmania), and Bestes, Bestiaux, et Bestioles, where a new large-scale sculpture was commissioned by Château D’Oiron, France. Installations and drawings are in numerous private collections in the UK, Europe and Australia, including MONA, Altana, and Guerlain. |
Miroslaw Swietek is a talented photographer, who
express his photography view without hurting any insect. Using only
modest cameras like Canon 40D (Tamron 90 lens) and FujiFilm Finepix
6500, he creates astonishing macros of snoozing insects covered in dew.
Most of the pictures have been taken between 3am and 4am in a forest
near his home in the village of Swietek only took up photography two
years ago, at 35 years of age. Using a flashlight, he “hunts out the
motionless bugs in the darkness before setting up his camera and flash
just millimetres from them.”
Red Bull Illume is the world’s premier action and
adventure sports photography competition. The 2010 Image Quest has
uncovered a new, stunning collection of images.
