At the Edge of Time by Crystal Morey @ Antler Gallery

by Carole Epp | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized

Antler
Gallery is excited to bring you a new series of works by Crystal Morey.
Crystal first showed with our gallery in 2014 when her ceramic
sculptures of human figures within animals received an overwhelming
response. Since then she has graduated to making her pieces in porcelain
and expanded her concept.

There will be an opening reception
on November 27th, as one of three shows commencing on the same night,
from 6pm-9pm and Crystal will be in attendance.

Here is the artist’s interpretation of her newest works:
Humankind has become the driving influence and force behind natural
evolution. We are able to alter life from a single cell all the way up
to entire ecosystems. Intentionally or
unintentionally, we are rapidly affecting changes to the environment
that would have taken natural processes millennia. Through these actions
we are leaving many vulnerable species and habitats frantic, facing
disruptions and uncertain outcomes. In my work I investigate these
actions while also creating an evocative and mysterious narrative that
shows our interdependence with the land and animals around us.
As a
species, we sit “At the Edge of Time”, faced with monumental questions
leading to difficult, uncertain answers. My figures exist on this
frontier, absorbed in their own feelings of stress, anxiety and
ambivalence. Sculpted from the silken white earth of porcelain, I see
these delicate figures as containing power – as modern talismans and
precious telling objects. They are here to remind us of our current
trajectory and potential for destruction and downfall. 

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