THEO HARPER

The Genuine Act of Primitiveness, Polystyrene, Lime wash, Stained glass, Pigeon net  2011

 

Installation shot, Ostrale, Dresden, Germany

Ramp Stacked floor boards, cut to size 3mx3.5mx1m 2010

 

Plant, Teak, rubber, polystyrene, crystical, ratchet strap, foam, paint,  2010

 

Release With Office Block, Limewash, stained glass, cannonball, office block, polystyrene, 2011

 

Troy at Sea with a Light Funnel on His Head, Polystyrene, stained glass, theatre light filter, cannonball, clay, walnut stake, limewash, paint, 2011

 

 

 

 

Theo Harper-Davis’ approach to making has an invigorating directness and immediacy. He worms up columns of raw clay and stacks, slits or delves into huge blocks of grubby polystyrene, revealing in the process that their surfaces are capable of carrying surprising delicacy and detail as well as more robust expression. His work poses playful questions about conventions of sculpture making: unusual combinations of materials and relationships between form, pattern, colour and surface seem to be discovered with a lightness that allows his sculptures to be original, alive and funny.

Andrew Burton 2011