OLIVER BARRATT
Based in Kent, England UK, for the past 30 years Oliver bas been creating work for exhibition and been working on both private commissions and public projects. He shows regularly in the UK and around the world, including The Guggenheim, Venice and Royal Academy, London. His commissions range from the Everest Memorial at Base Camp of Mount Everest, Nepal to a commission for the City of Liverpool as European City of Culture. Born in 1962, Oliver studied sculpture at Falmouth School of Art graduating in 1985. He was awarded the Henry Moore Fellowship in 1990.
About The Work
Courtesy of Round Them Oranges, Jaipur
Lines of inquiry trace a movement through space. A gracious sweep of arching movement that bounces back into itself and returns towards the centre. Each strand negotiates the next until a complete, complex puzzle is made that is simultaneously bemusing and clear. It is a work that is full of energy yet quiet in its clarity. Entirely abstract, yet anthropomorphic echoes can be glimpsed. The gesture of an arm, the knot of a knuckled hand. It articulates the movement of a living thing but remains entirely still.
What remains of the paths we travel when we turn the corner or move out of sight? A faint fragrance, a memory distilled, no longer a fact but an abstract line of thought.