Our exhibition Fault Lines was curated by Freelands Artist Programme Curator, Edward Ball. The show connected work from four UK-based artists whose sculptural works, and the material processes that underpin them, suggest a ripple of instability in their very foundations.
A fault line has a tangible, physical form as a geological fault or crack in the ground. Metaphorically, however, as something potentially weak or precarious, a fault line evokes a problem that may not be obvious and could cause something to fail.
Through diverse approaches – hints at figuration, fragile materials and precarious formal constructions – collectively these artists look at fault lines in their materials, allowing emotional and interior states to bubble up to the surface.
Fault Lines connected with an ongoing project between Freelands Foundation and Yorkshire Sculpture International, which brings ten art teachers in London and ten art teachers in Yorkshire into dialogue about teaching sculpture in schools.
Exhibition images © Damian Griffiths
Banner Image: Installation view of Fault Lines at Freelands Foundation, 2019. Image: Courtesy of Damien Griffiths