Tales from Elsewhere

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reddaway's work follows up his show Some Assembly Required from 3 years ago. Cast in resin over cardboard boxes, then rather lushly painted, these Tales from Elsewhere are more mask-like than before. Small, Smaller, Smallest is delightfully Day of the Dead; whilst Icy is really just wild. Equipment 1 and Equipment 2 bring a certain levity to proceedings. As in much of this work, the potential for sound is offered (via speakers and cables) but not realized. For these are masks presented on the wall, or arm-like limbs and mitts placed on the floor.

 

 

 

 

This gesture towards the functional is taken a step further in a suite of small photographs hung in found frames in the gallery office. Each image, with the name of the work below, shows the sculpture being worn. Variously posed, the figures in these photographs experience Richard's work in a different way again. For not the first time in his career, Reddaway adds resonance and substance to his sculpture with his considered use of photography.
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Selected works

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Details of works

Wall works

Equipment 1 and Equipment 2
enamel paint on epoxy resin, fibreglass, & audio components
1000 x 900 x 180mm and 1000 x 600 x 520mm   

Aging (after Maria Lassnig)
enamel paint on epoxy resin, fibreglass, & audio components
1000 x 1600 x 500mm      

Icy
enamel paint on epoxy resin, fibreglass, & electrical components
1000 x 750 x 450mm       

Squid and Rain Monkey
enamel paint on epoxy resin, fibreglass, & found objects
800 x 520 x 500mm and 900 x 500 x 350mm   

Small, Smaller, Smallest
enamel paint on epoxy resin, fibreglass, & electrical components
700 x 1250 x 300mm   

digital colour photographs, framed
image size 120 x 80mm    
 

Floor works

Mitts
enamel paint on epoxy resin, fibreglass, & electrical components
length 450mm       

Bo(u)y Hat
enamel paint on epoxy resin, & fibreglass
height 1100mm    

a Soldier's Arms
enamel paint on epoxy resin, fibreglass, & audio components
length 1900mm

the three floor works are available as a group

All works are from 2017