Alexandra Bircken: Eskalation

Solo exhibition as part of Conflict and Collisions: New Contemporary Sculpture
Curated by Eleanor Clayton
The Hepworth, Wakefield
1 Oct 2014 – 25 Jan. 2015

Read the curator’s essay here

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The Hepworth Wakefield

GiMoto, 2012 Leather, wood, cotton felt stuffing and plinth Wolfgang Tillmans, London

Fellow, 2014; Repeat I and Repeat II, 2012

Fellow, 2014. Wood, foam, plastic, fabric, latex, metal and belts. Courtesy the artist, Herald St, London and BQ, Berlin

Repeat I, 2012 Nylon, elastane and fabric stiffener. Courtesy the artist, Herald St, London and BQ, Berlin

Float, 2010. Wood, paint, yarn, stones, moortar, pigment, plastic, plaster, hair, rubber and wire. Courtesy the artist, Herald St, London and BQ Berlin

Deflated Figures, 2014 (detail), Installation. Courtesy the artist, Herald St, London and BQ, Berlin

Deflated Figures, 2014 (detail)

Exhibition view with Demolition Ball and Deflated Figures. 2015

Exhibition view

Furygan, 2014. Motorbike suit. Courtesy the artist, Herald St, London and BQ Berlin

Demolition Ball, 2011. Leather, foam and metal. Collection of Dennis Kimmerich. Backgroung: Furygan and Big

Left: Big, Fat and Ugly, 2014. Wood, foam, plastic, latex and metal. Courtesy the artist, Herald St, London and BQ Berlin. Right: Demolition Ball

White Landscape, 2005. Plaster, wool, paint, ring, glass, graphite, mass and plant. L’ange Collection, London. Courtesy Herald St, London

White Landscape (detail)

Deflated Figures (detail)

Spill, 2012. Wool, silk and linen. Courtesy the artist, Herald St, London and BQ, Berlin

Spill (detail)

Mercedes and her Sisters, 2014. Gear sticks, leather, stuffing, metal and wood. Courtesy the artist, Herald St, London and BQ, Berlin.

Deflated Figures (detail)

Watch Alexandra Bircken’s interview

All photographs: eye.on.art