💥Earth Guardian, 2021 @amystephensstudio Celadonite, steel, 144 x 30 x 48 cm ✨DM for more information ⚡️Nature knows only colours by Amy Stephens continues until December 17th📍@artseen_contemporary “It is the best possible sign of a colour when nobody who sees it knows what to call it.” John Ruskin, 1859 For her second solo exhibition at the gallery, Amy Stephens invites the viewer to consider how nature offers us a visual language and shapes the colours we see. Minerals and rocks from Cyprus are abundant throughout the exhibition. Pitted with pores and striated, their conflicting geological textures suddenly take naturally to each other as they are forced to adopt a new habitat. In this moment of transformation, a different energy and a new object emerges. The abundance of any material can be a source of invisibility and therefore nature is often largely overlooked. These everyday artefacts are re-contextualised as objects of intrinsic worth against backdrops of vivid colour. A giant celadonite inhabits both a physical and psychological space. Set upon its modern pedestal, it inspires admiration for the rock itself but also suggests a bond between the natural and the constructed. Multifarious from place to space, from form to symbolism, one entity is never a singular thing and objectivity turns subjective. From a series of suspended ephemeral photographic prints to abstract collages that capture Cypriot heritage sites, the artist is focused on new and changing narratives attached to notions of colour. By exploring the ideas of transferability and the importance of recognition, nature knows only colours for these terrestrial wonders. * We would like to thank Valentinos Charalambous for his kind support. The artist currently uses these particular rocks for glazing his ceramic artworks and kindly offered a few of them to be part of Amy Stephens’ sculptures; Spyros Anastasiou for his incredible help; also, Ruth Keshishian for her continued support, research, and providing us with a selection of books and geological maps. Installation shot #nicoslouca (at Art Seen - Contemporary Art Projects & Editions) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWq6uFTIDSA/?utm_medium=tumblr
