Afterparty
2007
Pièce unique
'Afterparty' consists of a set of shelves filled with objects and items associated with the pleasures and excesses of adolescence. In the way the objects are assembled, certain of which having been cut into or peeled back, and through the positive and negative space of perspective, appears the image of an oversized skull. As in Hans HOLBEIN the Younger's famous canvas The Ambassadors (1533), James HOPKINS brings together two pictorial traditions from the Renaissance: on the one hand the anamorphosis – where an image is hidden in a distorted perspective; on the other hand the vanities – a still life representing objects that symbolise the fragility and the brevity of life, inviting the viewer to meditate on the futility of human pleasures when death is a certain end.
2007
Pièce unique
'Afterparty' consists of a set of shelves filled with objects and items associated with the pleasures and excesses of adolescence. In the way the objects are assembled, certain of which having been cut into or peeled back, and through the positive and negative space of perspective, appears the image of an oversized skull. As in Hans HOLBEIN the Younger's famous canvas The Ambassadors (1533), James HOPKINS brings together two pictorial traditions from the Renaissance: on the one hand the anamorphosis – where an image is hidden in a distorted perspective; on the other hand the vanities – a still life representing objects that symbolise the fragility and the brevity of life, inviting the viewer to meditate on the futility of human pleasures when death is a certain end.
Sliding the Scale
2006
35.43 x 55.12 x 110.24 inches
Pièce unique
The anamorphic sculpture Sliding the Scale shows the artit's interest in cartoon culture. The work is a grand piano which has been distorted in order to visually encapsulate the sound and movement associated with music, as in Disney's classic Fantasia, in which inanimate objects are given life and personality.
2006
35.43 x 55.12 x 110.24 inches
Pièce unique
The anamorphic sculpture Sliding the Scale shows the artit's interest in cartoon culture. The work is a grand piano which has been distorted in order to visually encapsulate the sound and movement associated with music, as in Disney's classic Fantasia, in which inanimate objects are given life and personality.
Sliding the Scale
2006
inches
Pièce unique
The anamorphic sculpture Sliding the Scale shows the artit's interest in cartoon culture. The work is a grand piano which has been distorted in order to visually encapsulate the sound and movement associated with music, as in Disney's classic Fantasia, in which inanimate objects are given life and personality.
2006
inches
Pièce unique
The anamorphic sculpture Sliding the Scale shows the artit's interest in cartoon culture. The work is a grand piano which has been distorted in order to visually encapsulate the sound and movement associated with music, as in Disney's classic Fantasia, in which inanimate objects are given life and personality.
Spirit Level
2006
15.75 x 35.43 x 6.3 inches
Pièce unique
'Spirit Level' consists of a skewed cocktail shelf, upon which rests eight bottles filled with specific increments of alcohol. The measurement of liquid produces a horizontal line across the bottom of the first bottle to the top of the last. This balanches - and contradicts - the shelf's 'drunken' tilt.
2006
15.75 x 35.43 x 6.3 inches
Pièce unique
'Spirit Level' consists of a skewed cocktail shelf, upon which rests eight bottles filled with specific increments of alcohol. The measurement of liquid produces a horizontal line across the bottom of the first bottle to the top of the last. This balanches - and contradicts - the shelf's 'drunken' tilt.
Acid Rain
2006
75.98 x 75.98 x 101.18 inches
Pièce unique
'Acid Rain' is a standard garden greenhouse whose mirrored walls turn it into a kaleidoscopic room. The viewer's visual path is reflected into an enigmatic effect of infinity and repetition. The work is a humorous fusion of the familiar image of a green house and the disturbing experience of side-show theatrics, between climate control concerns and visual cloning.
2006
75.98 x 75.98 x 101.18 inches
Pièce unique
'Acid Rain' is a standard garden greenhouse whose mirrored walls turn it into a kaleidoscopic room. The viewer's visual path is reflected into an enigmatic effect of infinity and repetition. The work is a humorous fusion of the familiar image of a green house and the disturbing experience of side-show theatrics, between climate control concerns and visual cloning.
Acid Rain
2006
inches
Pièce unique
'Acid Rain' is a standard garden greenhouse whose mirrored walls turn it into a kaleidoscopic room. The viewer's visual path is reflected into an enigmatic effect of infinity and repetition. The work is a humorous fusion of the familiar image of a green house and the disturbing experience of side-show theatrics, between climate control concerns and visual cloning.
2006
inches
Pièce unique
'Acid Rain' is a standard garden greenhouse whose mirrored walls turn it into a kaleidoscopic room. The viewer's visual path is reflected into an enigmatic effect of infinity and repetition. The work is a humorous fusion of the familiar image of a green house and the disturbing experience of side-show theatrics, between climate control concerns and visual cloning.
Kicks in the park
2006
43.31 x 59.06 x 55.12 inches
Pièce unique
'Kicks in the Park' is a park bench held in fragile equilibrium by beer bottles acting as counter weight. Between triviality and precision, this work references the mischievous and destructive time spent by teenagers getting drunk in the park while also acknowledging balance as one of the fundamental concerns in the tradition of sculpture, here achieved through bottles of alcohol.
2006
43.31 x 59.06 x 55.12 inches
Pièce unique
'Kicks in the Park' is a park bench held in fragile equilibrium by beer bottles acting as counter weight. Between triviality and precision, this work references the mischievous and destructive time spent by teenagers getting drunk in the park while also acknowledging balance as one of the fundamental concerns in the tradition of sculpture, here achieved through bottles of alcohol.
Echo
2006
7.48 x 27.56 x 7.48 inches
Pièce unique
'Echo' conflates the receptions of language and visual perception: the letters "ECHO", displayed on a shelf, are reflected in a mirror. Since all the letters are symmetrical, their reflection also reads "ECHO", delivering a synchronic definition of the word.
2006
7.48 x 27.56 x 7.48 inches
Pièce unique
'Echo' conflates the receptions of language and visual perception: the letters "ECHO", displayed on a shelf, are reflected in a mirror. Since all the letters are symmetrical, their reflection also reads "ECHO", delivering a synchronic definition of the word.
The Last Chord
2006
48.43 x 38.98 x 28.35 inches
Pièce unique
'The Last Chord' is primarily based on 17th century Dutch vanitas still life painting. In the same way that the genre of vanitas painting is inextricably tied to religion through death, most explicitly seen in Holbein's ‘The Ambassadors', this sculpture takes as one of its elements the symbol of the crucifix, which is conversely a symbol of religious allegiance, hope, suffering and an acknowledgement of the inevitability of death. The viewer is encouraged to seek the epiphanic moment at which the sculpture reveals its skull. All the while the crucifix remains in the visual field, lingering in the background as a point of refuge and a glimmer of hope after death.
2006
48.43 x 38.98 x 28.35 inches
Pièce unique
'The Last Chord' is primarily based on 17th century Dutch vanitas still life painting. In the same way that the genre of vanitas painting is inextricably tied to religion through death, most explicitly seen in Holbein's ‘The Ambassadors', this sculpture takes as one of its elements the symbol of the crucifix, which is conversely a symbol of religious allegiance, hope, suffering and an acknowledgement of the inevitability of death. The viewer is encouraged to seek the epiphanic moment at which the sculpture reveals its skull. All the while the crucifix remains in the visual field, lingering in the background as a point of refuge and a glimmer of hope after death.
The Last Chord
2006
inches
Pièce unique
'The Last Chord' is primarily based on 17th century Dutch vanitas still life painting. In the same way that the genre of vanitas painting is inextricably tied to religion through death, most explicitly seen in Holbein's ‘The Ambassadors', this sculpture takes as one of its elements the symbol of the crucifix, which is conversely a symbol of religious allegiance, hope, suffering and an acknowledgement of the inevitability of death. The viewer is encouraged to seek the epiphanic moment at which the sculpture reveals its skull. All the while the crucifix remains in the visual field, lingering in the background as a point of refuge and a glimmer of hope after death.
2006
inches
Pièce unique
'The Last Chord' is primarily based on 17th century Dutch vanitas still life painting. In the same way that the genre of vanitas painting is inextricably tied to religion through death, most explicitly seen in Holbein's ‘The Ambassadors', this sculpture takes as one of its elements the symbol of the crucifix, which is conversely a symbol of religious allegiance, hope, suffering and an acknowledgement of the inevitability of death. The viewer is encouraged to seek the epiphanic moment at which the sculpture reveals its skull. All the while the crucifix remains in the visual field, lingering in the background as a point of refuge and a glimmer of hope after death.
In My Dream There Were Three Different Doors
2006
68.9 x 82.68 x 82.68 inches
Pièce unique
'In My Dream There Were Three Doors' is a large interlocking sculpture made of three found doors, based on an ancient Japanese puzzle dating back from the 10th century. The artist makes the doors dysfunctional by weaving them into an obstacle that appears like a dreamy labyrinth of closed entries. The sculpture possesses the immediacy of dream-logic in which every surface is both entry and exit.
2006
68.9 x 82.68 x 82.68 inches
Pièce unique
'In My Dream There Were Three Doors' is a large interlocking sculpture made of three found doors, based on an ancient Japanese puzzle dating back from the 10th century. The artist makes the doors dysfunctional by weaving them into an obstacle that appears like a dreamy labyrinth of closed entries. The sculpture possesses the immediacy of dream-logic in which every surface is both entry and exit.
In My Dream There Were Three Different Doors
2006
inches
Pièce unique
'In My Dream There Were Three Doors' is a large interlocking sculpture made of three found doors, based on an ancient Japanese puzzle dating back from the 10th century. The artist makes the doors dysfunctional by weaving them into an obstacle that appears like a dreamy labyrinth of closed entries. The sculpture possesses the immediacy of dream-logic in which every surface is both entry and exit.
2006
inches
Pièce unique
'In My Dream There Were Three Doors' is a large interlocking sculpture made of three found doors, based on an ancient Japanese puzzle dating back from the 10th century. The artist makes the doors dysfunctional by weaving them into an obstacle that appears like a dreamy labyrinth of closed entries. The sculpture possesses the immediacy of dream-logic in which every surface is both entry and exit.
Forwards and Reverse
2005
15.75 x 31.5 x 1.57 inches
Pièce unique
'Forwards and Reverse' is a backwards running clock which is displayed beside a mirror. When viewed in the mirror, the numerals and clock motion run forwards in a coherent manner. The work flips and reflects a true notion of time, encouraging the viewer to ponder the perceptual problems of time in relation to past and present. This produces a shifted logic in relation to our reflected visual assumptions and conceptual notions of time.
2005
15.75 x 31.5 x 1.57 inches
Pièce unique
'Forwards and Reverse' is a backwards running clock which is displayed beside a mirror. When viewed in the mirror, the numerals and clock motion run forwards in a coherent manner. The work flips and reflects a true notion of time, encouraging the viewer to ponder the perceptual problems of time in relation to past and present. This produces a shifted logic in relation to our reflected visual assumptions and conceptual notions of time.
Black Widow
2005
39.37 x 23.62 x 23.62 inches
'Black Widow' is a spiraling spider's web cut from the fabric of an umbrella. This subsequently produces a psychologically unnerving juxtaposition which plays on appearance and changing spaces of representation. The sculpture inverts the notion of something used as a shelter into states of phobia and paranoia.
2005
39.37 x 23.62 x 23.62 inches
'Black Widow' is a spiraling spider's web cut from the fabric of an umbrella. This subsequently produces a psychologically unnerving juxtaposition which plays on appearance and changing spaces of representation. The sculpture inverts the notion of something used as a shelter into states of phobia and paranoia.
Wishing Well
2005
A roulette wheel perpetually spins, through the use of a concealed motor which continually throws the ball indecisively around the numbers of the wheel. The mesmerising rotation of the roulette wheel pauses our prediction of an outcome or result. The manipulated movement of this kinetic sculpture is intended to evoke an everlasting euphoric moment of uncertainty and expectation.
2005
A roulette wheel perpetually spins, through the use of a concealed motor which continually throws the ball indecisively around the numbers of the wheel. The mesmerising rotation of the roulette wheel pauses our prediction of an outcome or result. The manipulated movement of this kinetic sculpture is intended to evoke an everlasting euphoric moment of uncertainty and expectation.
Blue Thunder
2004
33.07 x 96.06 x 1.97 inches
Pièce unique
'Blue Thunder' is an anamorphic sculpture. There is only one point in the room where it comes into perfect perspective. But where?
2004
33.07 x 96.06 x 1.97 inches
Pièce unique
'Blue Thunder' is an anamorphic sculpture. There is only one point in the room where it comes into perfect perspective. But where?
Blue Thunder
2004
inches
Pièce unique
'Blue Thunder' is an anamorphic sculpture. There is only one point in the room where it comes into perfect perspective. But where?
2004
inches
Pièce unique
'Blue Thunder' is an anamorphic sculpture. There is only one point in the room where it comes into perfect perspective. But where?
Salvation Lies Within
2003
48.43 x 20.47 x 13.78 inches
Pièce unique
A meticulous masterpiece, 'Salvation Lies Within' is a paper gun cut out from the pages of an illustrated family bible. Every page has been cut in a way such that the joined scraps produce a three-dimensional gun. Referring to the cliché of the American Wild West in which people would hide their gun in an artificial bible, the sculpture also evokes a strong association to print as an object of power and religion as a source of conflict.
2003
48.43 x 20.47 x 13.78 inches
Pièce unique
A meticulous masterpiece, 'Salvation Lies Within' is a paper gun cut out from the pages of an illustrated family bible. Every page has been cut in a way such that the joined scraps produce a three-dimensional gun. Referring to the cliché of the American Wild West in which people would hide their gun in an artificial bible, the sculpture also evokes a strong association to print as an object of power and religion as a source of conflict.
Salvation Lies Within (Detail view)
2003
inches
Pièce unique
A meticulous masterpiece, 'Salvation Lies Within' is a paper gun cut out from the pages of an illustrated family bible. Every page has been cut in a way such that the joined scraps produce a three-dimensional gun. Referring to the cliché of the American Wild West in which people would hide their gun in an artificial bible, the sculpture also evokes a strong association to print as an object of power and religion as a source of conflict.
2003
inches
Pièce unique
A meticulous masterpiece, 'Salvation Lies Within' is a paper gun cut out from the pages of an illustrated family bible. Every page has been cut in a way such that the joined scraps produce a three-dimensional gun. Referring to the cliché of the American Wild West in which people would hide their gun in an artificial bible, the sculpture also evokes a strong association to print as an object of power and religion as a source of conflict.
Rocking Chair
2003
40.55 x 25.2 x 16.93 inches
Pièce unique
In this work, poetry is coupled with humour. Placed on a point of extreme balance, at the same time perfect and precarious, it seems to defy the laws of gravity - like a three-dimensional snapshot of the precise moment before the fall.
2003
40.55 x 25.2 x 16.93 inches
Pièce unique
In this work, poetry is coupled with humour. Placed on a point of extreme balance, at the same time perfect and precarious, it seems to defy the laws of gravity - like a three-dimensional snapshot of the precise moment before the fall.
Big Red
2003
35.43 x 7.87 x 1.57 inches
Pièce unique
'Big Red' is an axe whose handle has been whittled into the shape of flower just starting to bloom from its stem, a poetic representation of the opposition between nature and a manufactured object. Nature reclaims its rights while the manufactured object returns to its material origins.
2003
35.43 x 7.87 x 1.57 inches
Pièce unique
'Big Red' is an axe whose handle has been whittled into the shape of flower just starting to bloom from its stem, a poetic representation of the opposition between nature and a manufactured object. Nature reclaims its rights while the manufactured object returns to its material origins.
Traverser
2003
106.3 x 13.78 x 2.36 inches
Pièce unique
"Traverser" is an anamorphic step ladder, an object that Hopkins refers to as a metaphor for success.
2003
106.3 x 13.78 x 2.36 inches
Pièce unique
"Traverser" is an anamorphic step ladder, an object that Hopkins refers to as a metaphor for success.
Fata Morgana
2003
Plastic, mirror, sand
9.84 x 10.63 x 10.63 inches
Poetry and humour are to be found in this sculpture that captures a paradisiacal holiday landscape in a simple bucket.
2003
Plastic, mirror, sand
9.84 x 10.63 x 10.63 inches
Poetry and humour are to be found in this sculpture that captures a paradisiacal holiday landscape in a simple bucket.
Cancelled Count
2003
9.45 x 9.45 inches
The Cancelled Count clock is mounted on a motor which runs counter-clockwise at the speed of one rpm. Both the hour hand and numbers upon the dial spin backwards in a confusing manner while the second hand, which runs clockwise at one rpm, remains perfectly static. This subsequently produces an illusion of time appearing to move both forwards and backwards. The work suspends the passing of time in a state of disbelief.
2003
9.45 x 9.45 inches
The Cancelled Count clock is mounted on a motor which runs counter-clockwise at the speed of one rpm. Both the hour hand and numbers upon the dial spin backwards in a confusing manner while the second hand, which runs clockwise at one rpm, remains perfectly static. This subsequently produces an illusion of time appearing to move both forwards and backwards. The work suspends the passing of time in a state of disbelief.