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‘Individuals’
Edition of 100
Cardboard tube, nylon scouring pad, stainless steel scouring pad, tape,
varnish, glitter, PVA glue and wax.
Dimensions variable: 80 x 80 x (110-190mm)
David Kefford has explored the scope for uniqueness
and variety within the repetitive methods of production that are the
nature of an edition.
A cardboard inner tube from a used roll of tape is mount and structural
frame for an assemblage of materials. Tape binds a stainless steel scouring
pad allowing some of the coiled scouring material to protrude from one
end. This is inserted into a coloured disc of nylon scouring pad that
is fixed within one end of the cardboard tube base.
The use of hands-on low-tech processes such as cutting,
sticking and wrapping transforms the items. Different coloured tapes
and scouring pads are used and the girth and length of protrusion of
the bound steel scourers differ, giving a different appearance and character
to each of the individual works. The surfaces of the sculpture
are also affected with tape, varnish, wax, glue and glitter bestowing
suggestions of age, life, history and character to each sculpture.
The domestic scale, materials and intentions of the
sculptural edition give them a familiarity and playfulness. When placed
within the home their organic nature suggests they could have grown from
the composite materials rather than being designed and constructed.
The work has been specifically created for wall-mounted
display at crotch height. This placement combines with the form of the
object to suggest a representation of male genitalia. However, due to
their colourful and shiny surfaces they appear to take on a more quirky
and absurd character, portraying them as ‘inoffensive’. There
is a fine balance between humour and disgust and a conflict between attraction
and repulsion that explores ideas of beauty and appeal.
Price £50
Free delivery within Norwich or Cambridge
£10 postage and packing elsewhere in the United Kingdom
To order please send a cheque payable to “Kaavous-Bhoyroo” with
delivery address to:
Kaavous-Bhoyroo
c/o 3 Grosvenor Terrace
Leeds
LS6 2DY
David Kefford lives in Cambridge and is currently a
studio artist at Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire. His work has
been exhibited extensively throughout the UK in both group and solo exhibitions,
including ARTfutures, Bloomberg Space, One Thing Against Another, Aspex,
Off, Outpost, Born Again, Wysing Arts Centre, Faux Realism, Rockwell,
Future Primitive, One in the Other and Unbecoming, 1,000,000mph Project
Space. He has been the recipient of several prizes, commissions and awards
and has undertaken numerous gallery-based residencies. David's work is
held in a number of private collections.
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