Exfoliating curve lines (total cushioning) (2014)

Helen Marten uses sculptural assemblage and video to reflect upon the relationship between two and three dimensional form. Exfoliating curve lines (total cushioning) is the first time Marten has produced ceramic work of this scale. The work hints at figuration from one level removed where crassly simplified outlines have been bulbously inflated. The ceramic work serves as a repository for an elaborate sculptural tableaux whose assembled detritus creates a string of hieroglyphs, a kind of archaeological anagram: encrypted sequences present short bursts of personality and internal logic.

The Cathy Wills Sculpture Fund was generously initiated by Contemporary Art Society trustee Cathy Wills in 2011. The fund enables five museums in the North West of England to develop their collections with contemporary sculpture through co-acquiring works.

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