Helen Shaddock: Current KAWS exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Tuesday 13 September 2016

Current KAWS exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

It is a tradition that when I visit my parents in Yorkshire, I pay a visit to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Last weekend was no different.

As I walked through the grounds in glorious sunshine, I discovered the latest open air sculptures by New York based artist and designer, KAWS.

These giant forms are reminiscent of characters from popular culture and comic books. Despite their dominating presence, I could not help but feel sorry for these rather disappointed looking figures.

http://www.ysp.co.uk/whats-on/this-season

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I am an artist making work that incorporates installation, video, sound, sculpture, performance, & writing to explore the human condition. I investigate ways to immerse the audience in multi-layered psychological & physical situations. I trained at Leeds College of Art & Design (Foundation), Glasgow School of Art (BA (Hons) Fine Art: Sculpture & Environmental Art) and Newcastle University (Masters of Fine Art). My lived experience of eating distress & obsessive compulsive disorder informs the work I create & the way I work. Some of the consequences of living with these conditions are that rigour, routine & attention to detail are fundamental to my way of life, all of which are integral to my creative practice; using the constraints of systems, I allow chance & playful elements to create unexpected results. My work is regularly exhibited in solo & group exhibitions across the UK, USA, Canada & South Korea & is contained in various public collections. I have a number of public artworks, been commissioned to produce site-specific work & have taken part in national & international residencies, consistently since 2005. 2020-21 Awarded Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice funding for a printmaking residency with Charrington Editions Byre-Group exhibition in which I created a site-specific installation alongside some creative writing Everything Will Be Alright-an audio installation at Cheeseburn Sculpture, commission by curator Matthew Jarratt Filling Time-a watercolour calendar-based work, currently exhibited at BALTIC centre for contemporary art Lockdown Diary-a daily online process since March 2020, that has been acquired by the Wellcome Collection Home Time-a creative tool for public, inspired by Lockdown Diary, commissioned by New Writing North Inclusion in a new Alec Finlay publication. I work in my studio at NewBridge Projects in Newcastle & as well as my solo work I collaborate with David Foggo as marginendeavour; I am often invited to speak to students, artists & facilitate workshops. Website: www.helenshaddock.co.uk Blog: https://helenshaddock.blogspot.co.uk/ Twitter: @hshaddock Instagram: /helenshaddock Facebook: /helen.shaddock Vimeo: /hshaddock YouTube: /helenshaddock LinkedIn: /helen-shaddock

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Current KAWS exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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