Walking Figure

2023
Bronze, Steel, Exterior Paint
h230cm x w69cm x d140cm
Edition 3 of 5

“I am interested in ideas around identity. About how we perceive each other – and ourselves in relation to others. We are all very adept at reading the human form, from details of clothing to body language, to a look in the eye, and we generally make judgements and decisions about people very rapidly.

With most of my sculptures I strive to keep the identity of the sitter anonymous, and to engage with what I call ‘the psychology of scale’ by making my figures either significantly smaller or larger than life size. These shifts in scale allow space for the imagination, and room for the viewer in terms of what they bring to the encounter with the artworks themselves.

My recent Walking Figure is preoccupied. There is the sense that our being here has no influence on her predicament, as she resolutely strides forward to an unknown future. To my mind, she seems both powerful and vulnerable, but others might draw different conclusions.“ Sean Henry

Courtesy of Osboure Samuel Gallery