#wallbasedsculpture

Day three of the challenge from @orourke_art - I was exhibiting as part of our Biennial show with Not Just Collective. We were showing in the old George Henry Lees building and I had been making digital collage. That week a homeless lad who had suffered a breakdown after the loss of his mother was in the news. He had been sitting outside a shopping centre not harming anyone when a local decorator came and attacked him with spray paint leaving his shadow stencilled onto the wall behind him like a Hiroshima scorch ghost. The attacker laughed and videoed the assault and can be heard saying “There he is, Sprayed to death” (which became the title of the piece I needed to make alongside the separate digital stuff I was already making. The homeless lad died four days later - I think from despair. I made the silhouette direct onto the wall and saw him seated as the echo of his Buddha nature like the Jain Liberated soul I posted about last week. The Buddha had begged for his living after stepping away from his life as a prince and monks and nuns in Buddhist countries still do. One tradition in Buddhism is to make seven bowls of offering in front of an image of a Buddha. I chose 7 polystyrene coffee cups. The Buddha who appears red is called Amitabha and is the nature of compassion, his particular function is to generate a paradise or Pureland at the point of death for any living being who asks for help, there are no conditions or judgement. This one is called “There He Is, Sprayed To Death” and is dedicated to the homeless man who died. His name was Michael Cash. The attacker was given a community service order and was indignant that his decorating business had suffered bad publicity but did not seem to understand what he had done to someone vulnerable. #wallbasedsculpture #buddha #buddhabowl #homeless #assualt #violence #tribute #michaelcash #silhouette #queerartist #liverpoolartist #notjustcollective #liverpoolbiennial #amitabha #independentsbiennial (at Old George Henry Lee) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_7dYd-gUqL/?igshid=yqva61d4v8w8

Still in awe that ‘The Hearts Invisible Furies, Black’ was accepted for exhibition at Emerge 2018. I feel so lucky to be able to exhibit alongside such talented and inspiring glass artists from around the world! #bullseyeglass @bullseyegallery @bullseyeglassco @bullseyeglass @bullseye__studio #art #sculpture #wallbasedsculpture #blackglass #glass #exhibition #USA

And by day ‘Collateral Beauty in White, 1’ shows a different side to the flowing form... #bullseyeglass #sculpture #art #white #wallbasedsculpture #newhome @believeinfaery @singlemaltmark (at Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Detail (crosses & kisses series) #sculpture #wallbasedsculpture #artepovera #textileart #fiberart #embroidery #hessian #poblenou #barcelonaartist #barcelona #abymackieshowroom (at AbyMackie Showroom)

Work in progress Untitled (Sun bleached & sexless) #escultura #sculpture #wallbasedsculpture #textileart #fiberart #barcelonaartist #esculturacontemporanea #softsculpture #Barcelona #poblenou #abymackieshowroom #nauart (at NauART- Comunidad de artistas)

Work in progress #escultura #sculpture #artecontemporanea #assemblageart #artepovera #textileart #fiberart #wallbasedsculpture #mixedmedia #poblenou #Barcelona #abymackieshowroom #nauart (at AbyMackie Showroom)

#artepovera #assemblageart #foundobjects #artecontemporanea #wallbasedsculpture #embroidery #textileart #fiberart #mixedmedia #Barcelona #barcelonaartist #poblenou #abymackieshowroom (at AbyMackie Showroom)