ARTIST:

Thomas Houseago

Untitled (folded man with red stomach)
Thomas Houseago
Folded Man (and 4 detail shots)
Thomas Houseago
Folded Man (and 4 detail shots)
Thomas Houseago
Folded Man (and 4 detail shots)
Thomas Houseago
Folded Man (and 4 detail shots)
Thomas Houseago
Folded Man (and 4 detail shots)
Thomas Houseago
Houseago’s subjects lean to the figurative and mythological; bordering on abstraction, their rough hewn and incomplete forms both disclose their process of making and a sense of relational humility. Folded Man, a clunky semblance of a figure made from plaster-soaked jute wrapped over a skeletal support stands as an abject tribute to Boccioni; while Joanne, an emaciated rabbit, grimaces under floppy ears. Constructed from plaster-coated iron with a delicate sketch of a figure on its side, the animal’s painfully flat body is exaggerated as both object and surface, an insubstantial vessel for spiritual manifestation. Similarly, Caryatide With Squatting Man plays upon the devices of representation to create diverse meaning: placed on a makeshift plinth to elevate its importance, Houseago’s elaborate column serves to support a hollow sheath of a figure posed in an act of desecration.
Caryatide with Squatting Man (and details)
Thomas Houseago
Caryatide with Squatting Man (and details)
Thomas Houseago
Caryatide with Squatting Man (and details)
Thomas Houseago
Caryatide with Squatting Man (and details)
Thomas Houseago
Caryatide with Squatting Man (and details)
Thomas Houseago
Caryatide with Squatting Man (and details)
Thomas Houseago
Throughout Houseago’s work lies an engagement with hierarchical considerations of visual form and their associated values. Challenging these preconceptions through making and content, Houseago creates his own alternative ‘histories’, reflective of a more intimate and empathetic narrative.
Joanne (6 views)
Thomas Houseago
Joanne (6 views)
Thomas Houseago
Joanne (6 views)
Thomas Houseago
Joanne (6 views)
Thomas Houseago
Joanne (6 views)
Thomas Houseago
Joanne (6 views)
Thomas Houseago
Joanne (6 views)
Thomas Houseago
Joanne (6 views)
Thomas Houseago
Joanne (6 views)
Thomas Houseago
Joanne (6 views)
Thomas Houseago
Thomas Housago’s work playfully subverts the expectation of sculpture. Drawing reference to a multitude of styles such as Classicism, Cubism, and Futurism, Houseago’s intentionally clumsy forms trade the imperious and enduring qualities of traditional bronze or marble for the humble aesthetic of plaster and various found materials. Lacking the weighty physical stature associated with three dimensional media, Houseago’s ‘monumental’ structures appear almost comically flimsy, reducing the grandiose weight of art history into sympathetic effigies.
Figure 2
Thomas Houseago
Figure 1 (and 2 details)
Thomas Houseago
Figure 1 (and 2 details)
Thomas Houseago
Figure 1 (and 2 details)
Thomas Houseago
Untitled (Folded man red stomach)
Thomas Houseago
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