Ground Work
‘Ground Work’, the most recent series of work produced by Loveday Barnes Studio, examines the unstable boundary between form and dissolution. While inspired by remnants of organic life, predominantly decomposing floral bouquets, the works resist direct representation. Through abstraction, they seek not to depict decay but to evoke its material and sensory qualities. Colours become dense, excessive and unsettling, suggesting the cloying sweetness of organic matter in transition. Attraction and repulsion operate simultaneously.
Loveday Barnes is the creative studio of Laura Currie, an artist and designer based in Waipu, New Zealand. Laura creates larges-scale contemporary works that feature in homes across New Zealand and internationally.