Convalescence of an interrupted conundrum, installation view, Borders.
t Convalescence of an interrupted conundrum
y 2003
m 12 papier mache' statues , light bulb, cling film
d 180x100x70cm each statue, installation : 330cm diam x 190cm
In the work, a collection of village feast statues by the artists grandfather, Wistin Camilleri (1885-1979), are wrapped in cling film and installed in a claustrophobic vaulted space. As a result the statues are fictionalised: construed as 'art' in popular imagination, they are now presented as 'art' on another level.
t preach
y 2004
m plaster of Paris, cling film
d 2x (50x25x20cm)
t spirit per kilo
y 2001
m plaster, oils, cling film
d 41x7.5x5cm
apart from notions of preservation, the cling film, being transparent, simultaneously reaches out and interrupts communication.