Antimonumental

David Kefford; Kate McLeod

Antimonumental

David Kefford (Artist), Kate McLeod (Other)

School of Creative Arts

Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

Abstract

Antimonumental was a group exhibition of sculptures by eleven UK-based artists, curated by Kate McLeod at Thames-Side Studios Gallery. The exhibition engaged with fallibility, precarity, and ephemerality in the context of global climate catastrophe, taking cues from Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century (New Museum, 2008). The works embraced informality, reuse, and improvisation, foregrounding provisional and un-heroic approaches to making sculpture.

David Kefford exhibited two sculptures, Strange Companions and Entangled Life Form, which extend his DFA research into queer ecology, hybrid bodily entities, and material agency. Both works were assembled from recycled and locally sourced materials, embracing instability and transformation while engaging with ecological processes of endurance and change.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Thameside Studios and Gallery
Publication status	Published - 28 Sept 2024

Keywords

antimonumental
Precarious Work
Sculpture
public art

Cite this

@misc{de8ec077f82f460e98f20a3b5074ba60,

title = "Antimonumental",

abstract = "Antimonumental was a group exhibition of sculptures by eleven UK-based artists, curated by Kate McLeod at Thames-Side Studios Gallery. The exhibition engaged with fallibility, precarity, and ephemerality in the context of global climate catastrophe, taking cues from Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century (New Museum, 2008). The works embraced informality, reuse, and improvisation, foregrounding provisional and un-heroic approaches to making sculpture. David Kefford exhibited two sculptures, Strange Companions and Entangled Life Form, which extend his DFA research into queer ecology, hybrid bodily entities, and material agency. Both works were assembled from recycled and locally sourced materials, embracing instability and transformation while engaging with ecological processes of endurance and change.",

keywords = "antimonumental, Precarious Work, Sculpture, public art",

author = "David Kefford and Kate McLeod",

note = "David's tow sculptural contributions to Antimonumental, Strange Companions and Entangled Life Form, explored hybridity, resilience, and ecological collaboration. These sculptural entities embody fragility and adaptation, situating contemporary sculpture within cycles of weathering, transformation, and co-creation.",

year = "2024",

month = sep,

day = "28",

language = "English",

publisher = "Thameside Studios and Gallery",

}

TY - ADVS

T1 - Antimonumental

A2 - Kefford, David

A2 - McLeod, Kate

N1 - David's tow sculptural contributions to Antimonumental, Strange Companions and Entangled Life Form, explored hybridity, resilience, and ecological collaboration. These sculptural entities embody fragility and adaptation, situating contemporary sculpture within cycles of weathering, transformation, and co-creation.

PY - 2024/9/28

Y1 - 2024/9/28

N2 - Antimonumental was a group exhibition of sculptures by eleven UK-based artists, curated by Kate McLeod at Thames-Side Studios Gallery. The exhibition engaged with fallibility, precarity, and ephemerality in the context of global climate catastrophe, taking cues from Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century (New Museum, 2008). The works embraced informality, reuse, and improvisation, foregrounding provisional and un-heroic approaches to making sculpture. David Kefford exhibited two sculptures, Strange Companions and Entangled Life Form, which extend his DFA research into queer ecology, hybrid bodily entities, and material agency. Both works were assembled from recycled and locally sourced materials, embracing instability and transformation while engaging with ecological processes of endurance and change.

AB - Antimonumental was a group exhibition of sculptures by eleven UK-based artists, curated by Kate McLeod at Thames-Side Studios Gallery. The exhibition engaged with fallibility, precarity, and ephemerality in the context of global climate catastrophe, taking cues from Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century (New Museum, 2008). The works embraced informality, reuse, and improvisation, foregrounding provisional and un-heroic approaches to making sculpture. David Kefford exhibited two sculptures, Strange Companions and Entangled Life Form, which extend his DFA research into queer ecology, hybrid bodily entities, and material agency. Both works were assembled from recycled and locally sourced materials, embracing instability and transformation while engaging with ecological processes of endurance and change.

KW - antimonumental

KW - Precarious Work

KW - Sculpture

KW - public art

M3 - Exhibition

PB - Thameside Studios and Gallery

CY - London

ER -

Antimonumental

Abstract

Keywords

Fingerprint

Cite this