Gemma Saville

RSA 183rd Annual Exhibition

2009-11-25T13:04:00.009Z

Installation view and details

New work for the RSA 183rd Annual Exhibition

2009-10-29T17:44:00.010Z

Poses for sculpture: stacked, propped, poised
Photographic prints mounted on aluminium
297 x 420 mm each

New work for the RSA 183rd Annual Exhibition

2009-10-29T17:34:00.008Z

(From top)

Island

Research image

Chasm

Screenprint on paper

Iceland

2009-06-08T15:26:00.014+01:00

I have recently returned from a travel and research trip to Iceland for the RSA Barns-Graham travel award.

Further information coming soon....

Big Case

2008-08-01T13:36:00.000+01:00

I was selected to exhibit at Big Case, an exhibition devised and facilitated by MFA students at Edinburgh College of Art

For details see link www.bigcase.org

Degree Show 2008 (details)

2008-05-30T19:00:00.004+01:00

Wax, waxed paper, glass circle

metal table frame, spray paint

Wax, plywood, ash batons,

suede, metal table frames, spray paint

U-bolt, enamel paint

Brown paper, white acrylic paint,

MDF, redwood post

Wax, plywood, ash batons,
suede, metal tabe frames, spray paint

Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2008

2008-05-30T18:00:00.006+01:00

Installation View I

Untitled
Coloured microcrystalline wax, MDF,
hardboard, grey eggshell paint

Installation view II

Installation View III

Installation VI

Degree Show Statement

2008-05-30T17:00:00.001+01:00

Exploring the ambiguity inherent in the nature of scale, the work presented for my degree show is a selection of images and sculptural objects that attempt to confuse and confound our inbuilt distinction between the miniature and the gigantic. Referencing but not quoting directly, the selection of works take as their foundation the opposing landscapes of the natural and the domestic, combining to create an installation of works that require their own physical navigation by the viewer.

Maintaining the distinctly constructed nature of the works, meaning is never fixed as the objects and images slip between one comprehension and another, the result of which suggests that the works are in constant flux. The eventual presentation of the work continues this narrative with the ambiguous, as the compositions and forms slide between the volume associated with three dimensional works and the linear quality of the drawn line.

Repositioning the viewer in relation to these objects, dictating viewpoints which are often imagined or inhibited, the works attempt to question the judgement and measurement of scale in relation to the human body. Physically presenting intangible and inaccessible spaces, the works become souvenirs of an imagined space; propped, leant and stacked within the confines of the gallery. Sculptural objects and images take on the powerful scale of the natural environment, but confined within the domestic space of the gallery render it functionless. Exposing the dialogue between the natural and the synthetic, each work highlights an imbalance between physicality and function, between presentation and construction, ultimately questioning the supposed boundaries between these pairs of terms.

Drawings

2008-05-12T10:00:00.000+01:00

Pencil on paper,

turquoise sticky-backed vinyl

Pencil on brown paper, oak wedge,

hand-painted bulldog clip

Pencil and acrylic paint on paper,

collaged image

Untitled II (Studio Works)

2008-05-10T10:00:00.002+01:00

Painted plaster, pencil, grey felt

Ash batons, red sticky-backed vinyl

Painted MDF with routed edge, red wood wedge

Untitled I (Studio Works)

2008-05-08T00:00:00.001+01:00

Coloured microcrystalline wax, plywood, fluorescent light

Extract

2008-02-16T18:00:00.001Z

Photographic print mounted on board, constructed MDF corner,

wallpaper, skirting board, dado rail, vinyl flooring

Drawing/Sculpture

2007-12-02T00:00:00.001Z

Pencil on paper, wooden wedge

Extraction

2007-11-30T18:00:00.003Z

Photographic print mounted on MDF,

plaster cast of corner

Drawn Out

2007-11-15T00:00:00.001Z

Wax and lard wedge, projected image, painted line,

greaseproof paper, metal mould