Steve McPherson
Common Anomalies Sample 8, 2024
Unaltered Marine plastic objects found on the UK coast, 1994 -2024 on Archival board. White painted wood box frame.
60 x 60 x 4cm
Steve McPherson attained his first degree in Fine Art at Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury. Subsequently he attended Winchester School of Art to complete his Master’s degree in Sculpture in 1998. He continues to exhibit a diverse range of artworks across the UK in both solo and group shows. His work is held in private, public and corporate collections worldwide.
The exhibition Synthetic Legacies presents a selection of new work, created from objects collected from McPherson’s local coast line over the span of 30 years. Whilst he is colour blind, these discarded items, wave worn and sun bleached, are arranged sometimes by colour or by other specific taxonomies into works of art. They aim to reveal in subtle ways through the use of text, content and aesthetics, that truth, history and information are questionable and relative to our perception and use of it.
“Not only do the works highlight the problem of the amount of debris in the sea - the mysterious, the unusual, the forgotten and lost. But these wreckage pieces and objects symbolise the history of the world up to this point; they are contemporary and future archaeology. They both explain and are unexplained at the same time. Each remnant acts as a conduit between potential, real and imaginary worlds, where personal and cultural memory reside. These are the objects of our lives, this is the material of the technologically advanced.” Steve McPherson
To receive the full catalogue of work please contact jess@theartoffice.co
The exhibition Synthetic Legacies presents a selection of new work, created from objects collected from McPherson’s local coast line over the span of 30 years. Whilst he is colour blind, these discarded items, wave worn and sun bleached, are arranged sometimes by colour or by other specific taxonomies into works of art. They aim to reveal in subtle ways through the use of text, content and aesthetics, that truth, history and information are questionable and relative to our perception and use of it.
“Not only do the works highlight the problem of the amount of debris in the sea - the mysterious, the unusual, the forgotten and lost. But these wreckage pieces and objects symbolise the history of the world up to this point; they are contemporary and future archaeology. They both explain and are unexplained at the same time. Each remnant acts as a conduit between potential, real and imaginary worlds, where personal and cultural memory reside. These are the objects of our lives, this is the material of the technologically advanced.” Steve McPherson
To receive the full catalogue of work please contact jess@theartoffice.co
