Fred Sandback
Fred Sandback’s work has been hugely influential to my practice since July 2013, in particular my structural works using acrylic wool and cotton thread. However it is his method of thought and use of the space he is working in that fascinates me and directly links to and inspired the aims of my practice. He strives to create structural sculptures, while deliberately omitting as much materiality as possible. Like him, I hope my work creates merely a starting point for multiple visual forms, which begin to exist upon being observed.
I find this quote relevant in referral to Sandback's work. ''Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty." - David Hume.
Sandback’s sculptures have virtually no independent existence besides from the viewer’s understanding of what it is that they are seeing. He has majorly influenced and inspired my practice; the absence of physical substance becomes a trigger for thought process. Even in my current works in which I have been focusing on painting, the theories learnt through Sandback’s life and practice have taught me so much.













