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"So I spent the day walking; churning strides. A sequence of repetitive thoughts each defined by a sequence of repetitive images ran through my head. My mind felt like a living blotting paper, picking up stuff but never quite managing to process it fully and draw conclusions as to its value. So all I was left with was a mass of images stuttering towards articulation"Alma Enterprises is proud to present "I no longer know what the money is", Katie Cuddon's first solo show in London. The exhibition shows a new installation, which brings together the two principle strands of her practice, sculpture and drawing, within a single work.Incorporating a variety of forms and media, Cuddon's practice is essentially concerned with the human condition and its enduring struggle to find expression. It is often within the process involved in creating the work that we see this reflected. Her loosely figurative clay sculptures have a characteristic pummeled surface that is then whitewashed, as if an attempt to cover up the muddy wrestle involved in its creation.Within her drawings too, we get the impression she is trying to describe something impossible to define and pin down. Images waver between recognizable forms and are often blocked-in so that although they appear solid and clearly have mass, their existence within space is obscured.Within this installation at Alma, a sculpture and series of drawings are brought into conversation with one another via the digital projector through which the drawings are shown and which therefore becomes an integral element of the work.The hundred or more drawings are displayed at a frustrating pace, and the sculptural work is slightly obscured by the framework of a plinth housing the projection equipment. In this way, Cuddon alters the conditions of the gallery space and forces the viewer to question the values of the elements that form the singular work.
Artist(s): Cuddon K
Publication type: Exhibition
Publication status: Published
Year: 2010
Number of Pieces: 2 sculptures, 1 slideshow
Venue: Alma Enterprises Gallery
Location: London, Southwark
Source Publication Date: 29 January - 28 March 2010
Media of Output: Portfolio
