Simon Gaiger
Turning Tide - Gyre, 2023
Forged, welded and painted steel and fishing floats with four moving elements
151 x 95 depth varies from 33 - 68cm.
CF0922
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Simon’s wood and steel sculptures are very much influenced by the rich and varied layers of his life and his surroundings – his childhood, time spent working as a shipwrights...
Simon’s wood and steel sculptures are very much influenced by the rich and varied layers of his life and his surroundings – his childhood, time spent working as a shipwrights assistant, the sea, engineering, history and mythology – drawings and thoughts collected over many years in the piles of black and grey sketchbooks that fill his home and studio in Wales.
In this sculpture, Turning Tide - Gyre, Simon references ocean currents and tides with a view to raising awareness of climate change and the connected movements and migration of people. Simon uses an old gate and fence parts in this sculpture to suggest borders and barriers.
In this sculpture, Turning Tide - Gyre, Simon references ocean currents and tides with a view to raising awareness of climate change and the connected movements and migration of people. Simon uses an old gate and fence parts in this sculpture to suggest borders and barriers.
Exhibitions
Selected ExhibitionsElemental Lines, Cavaliero Finn at Ballroom Arts, Suffolk