Artist Statement |
We live in a constant dialogue between memory and our experiences of the present.
Kirsty E. Smith makes sculptural works in response to her ongoing fascination with her surroundings, the domestic in particular. Her work is individual and idiosyncratic and encapsulates the excitement and curiosity of a child when experiencing and interacting with objects for the first time. Her intention is to create work which resonates on a deeply emotive level and which acts as a vehicle to reconnect with a “place” or memory deep in our subconscious. Frillip Moolog is the name that she has given to such a place.
A maverick at heart, she is happy to give equal consideration to her love of Mid-Century modern furniture and interior design, Modernist architecture and even the glamour and frills of costumes from musical extravaganzas.
Each being (sculpture) is a melding of an eclectic range of materials and their narratives. The sourcing and provenance of materials used is key to her work. These sculptures are both endearing and disconcerting, like talking with old friends and yet at the same time being privy to intimate details of the lives of strangers.
Smith’s sculptures are stories of people and objects as they live out their lives – secret, personal lives with which we often have something in common and yet which are tantalisingly ‘other’
www.frillipmoolog.co.uk |
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