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Tanis SaxbyAbstract Sculpture: 'White Oyster'2021
2021
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An oyster is a seemly simple creature although through its miraculous structure can create something as beautiful as a pearl. Its outer shell seems impenetrable yet the inside is soft and vulnerable with sensual folds of flesh. It’s contradictions intrigue me and remind me of being human and how our vulnerabilities are often hidden behind our masks of supposed strength and power.
By sculpting both material and space around it, Tanis' sculptures to appear to move, to assert themselves; to change and grow, to move within, affect and break free from the solid material. The textures and deliberate cracks within the surface are gestural rendering a sense of becoming of movement toward something and leaving behind the authentic markings of change. Her forms have a sense of tension in them, of opposite energies moving outward yet inward simultaneously, of a contrast between movement and subtle rest and forever trying to right itself, to find a stasis, and come back to its centre. The philosophy or raison d’etre of her work is a composition of human struggle, strength and the result of lessons learned in this migration.
"Smooth and sensitive, Saxby's sculptures evoke sensuality, a burning desire, a flame, which will go on for eternity." Angie kordic. Widewalls Art Magazine.
- Creator:Tanis Saxby (1970, Canadian)
- Creation Year:2021
- Dimensions:Height: 27 in (68.58 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU42238969932
Tanis Saxby
Tanis Saxby is a Canadian sculptor who lives and works in Vancouver. She began her career as an apprentice before studying at The University of Victoria then later at Kootenay School of the Arts in Canada. She was then accepted into an international residence in France where Picasso had also studied ceramics. Her works are displayed in several private collections throughout Canada, the U.S.A. and Europe where she has exhibited and currently ships and sells her work.
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