MODULATIONS

PETER VENDERMARK

Exhibition Dates: 10 October 2014 - 15 November 2015

Peter Vandermark argues that the human body is never far from the sculptural environment, even if it remains unseen. “Sculpture”, he says, “is always a study in proxemics, human proxemics”. Proxemics is a complex theoretical science that is essentially about the use of space, the way people interact with others in daily life as well as the ways they organise personal living spaces and public spaces. Vandermark’s practice is preoccupied with architecture, furnishings, models, maquettes and design. All of these appear in Modulations as he explores three-dimensional art as a flexible modular form, making objects that have the appearance of parts that might be added or subtracted. In other words his constructions testify to the process of their construction, each the sum of clearly defined components. As is the way of modular systems, the end result will be familiar either as a complete object or a set of non-functional components.

Image: Peter Vendermark, Articulation, 2014, ducting and spheres, 144 x 80 x 127 cm