Susan Meyerhoff Sharples’ practice is rooted in the construction, deconstruction and reconstruction of objects and their preconceived idealised meanings in order to compose new narratives. Her interest lies in the way meaning is ascribed to the objects that surround us, why they hold more than a material presence and how they are invested with a power beyond their materiality through the transference of emotions.
Recent work explores the human condition in a social, cultural and personal context, more specifically the coping mechanisms that we set in place to help sustain our lives such as: a search for connectedness, a sense of self, a search for purpose and a sense of loss.
An international artist, BA Hons fine art, whose work has been supported by Ars Electronica Austria, Maerz Kunstlervereinigung, Austria, Sinebrychoff Museum Finland, Studio Valeria Croatia, Hrvatskog Gradjanskog Drustva Montenegro, World Museum, Bluecoat Liverpool.
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Loneliness and Solitude are two different things
2012
Part of TRADING STATION
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Susan Meyerhoff Sharples work is concerned with
evolutionary processes, provocative defence systems and
the primal instinct for survival achieved via diversity,
adaptation and mutation.
Recent work explores ethnology and the evolution of
multiculturalism from its most primitive origins to modern
manifestations. It embodies the notion that as members of
a community our culture is created out of layers of learnt
behavioural patterning and emerges from complex history
that reflects our cultural interactions. We no longer live
in relative isolation, continuing our own traditions, but
in an interconnected contemporary world that reflects
a world-wide cultural diffusion. New technologies have
vastly accelerated the flows of people across regional and
international boundaries.
In studying these flows Meyerhoff Sharples key premise,
for this body of work, is a response to the cause of such
migratory journeys, and the documentation of places
of social connection and interaction which punctuate
these journeys. The work is executed through the
appropriation of materials and skills generally used within
construction and engineering industries and challenge our
perception of the terms ‘origin’ and ‘precious’ within our
contemporary world.
‘Follow the Spoor’ depicts journeys made for reasons
of persecution, the need to flee from danger. It reflects
the movement of a people, the trail of uncertainty, the
determination and strength of character needed to begin
the journey, to take the first step. By drawing upon the
ideology of armour, a protective casing worn in battle,
Meyerhoff Sharples epitomizes the trauma endured
by some and the heroic roles played by others in areas
of conflict.
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