Close

Matt Calderwood

Untitled, 2016

Matt Calderwood
Untitled, 2016

Calderwood’s installation or sculptural work reflects ideas of purposelessness and risk taking through a precarious balancing of objects.  He has taken everyday, unassuming objects – buckets, balls and ladders – and placed them together to create a sculpture that relies upon balance in order for the objects to be kept in their correct form.   While the work is light-hearted, it is undoubtedly brimming with tension.  The individual objects are pushed to their extreme limits.  The objects combine with each other to create a new functionality, and rely on each other to sustain the sculpture. 
Destruction, chance, order and equilibrium all play a part in the composition of this work.  The resulting work is one that is playful and dangerous.  All of the objects are carefully orchestrated to avoid a complete collapse, reflecting Calderwood’s ongoing interest in exploring the co-dependent relationships that exist between groups of objects that are combined to achieve a sculptural goal.   Calderwood’s artistic practice is underpinned by unconventional methods, and the artist continually placing constraints upon himself and the creative process.

Untitled, 2016, Matt Calderwood
Untitled, 2016, Matt Calderwood

Artworks