Alexandra Phillips

sculptuur - abstract - conceptueel

At a time when generosity and transparency are things we collectively lack, my work demonstrates a type of generosity by using the familiar then launching it into unfamiliar territory. The intention is to coax a slow viewing, to generate the space for a suspended moment where opposing thoughts can be held, without calamity, in one vessel. My sculptural practice explores the dissonance that often occurs between what is actual and what is expected. My pieces quietly suggest to loosen the reigns. To abandon some preconceptions. To take a moment, pause, breathe and quit with all the assumptions. My practice is a continuous questioning of various value systems. Taking material behaviors or object traits and turning them from perceived liabilities to affirmed assets.