Laura Petty is a vibrant character, who speaks through her sculptures. The work like the artist is outlandish and loud and playfully humorous. What you see is what you get, it has its own identity. Constructed from many different objects that the artist has been inextricably drawn to, add to this many litres of brightly coloured paint and the result is work that is fun and humorous, but also challenging. These sculptures grab your attention through their colour and decorative style. There is an instant familiarity to these objects but also an oddity to their composition and combination.
“when all else fails, stick a horse on it” at STEM. Bournemouth 2011
Each work is a performance. An imagined show, in which Laura Petty enters the conformity of the bland white walled space of a gallery and then does her thing. We can envision her arranging the many objects, pouring the paint and sprinkling glitter. The liquids cascading down and trickling through then begin to meet and occupy the gallery floor. Why was she doing this? We don’t know, but she continues until the work is complete, and now it is present, Everything around it must respond.
The usual art questions follow…
What do her works mean? Who knows. Do they mean anything?
What do they do? This is one question and challenge that her work most defiantly answers….
They exist.
‘Cone’ 2011
‘Pipe’ 2011
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Hey Fred Nicholas, Nice blog. I will post a link on my tumblr page.