ALTER A76/80

ALTER A76/80
Colour: Blackened Bronze
Material: Stoneware, engobe
Number of Pieces: 5
Plinth Size: 260H x 160W x 10D

Alter is a collection of 280 unique ceramic sculptures by artist, Bruce Rowe. Each of the 280 pieces differ in form and colour. Once amassed, with colours of the firing process revealed, Rowe set about editing the collection to create 80 sets that now form the complete  body of work. These sets are delicately balanced in form, colour and composition. They demonstrate Rowe’s innate sense of balance and arrangement, inviting us to rearrange and form our own compositions.

Of the 80 sets, 10 Artist Proofs will be held with the remaining 70 sets available for purchase online and in person through The Front Room.

Each set, made up of 3 to 5 pieces, is sold with its associated plinth and once sold, cannot be repeated.

The sculptures draw on typologies that are both diverse and vernacular. Abstracted forms including towers, grids, walls, columns and bridges are expressed using a refined sculptural language and a colour palette developed for the collection. They are consistent forms in Rowe’s practice, rich with symbolic and metaphoric meaning that evoke memories of objects or of places. Alter celebrates colour. The spectrum of colour is broad and varied, both tonally and chromatically.

Colour for Rowe is a means to visually represent light; it brings delight and joy and the desire to touch. The physicality of making and working directly with material plays a central role in Rowe’s practice. Whilst the Alter sculptures are small in scale, they are many, creating a condition whereby sustained physical effort over time works in service to the realisation of the collection. Each sculpture is hand built by Rowe, using a variety of specialised clay bodies and layered surface treatments developed for the Alter.

Rowe’s intention is that the artworks are touched, used and experienced; a constantly evolving, ever changing tableaux that fosters a tactile, personal connection to the work. Through a process of reflection and imagination, each time the work is re-arranged, the viewer creates their own, unique version of how the work will appear and be experienced in that moment.

By purchasing this set, you are purchasing one of 80 total sets. Sales are final and can not be exchanged, so please choose carefully.