© Sue Palmer Stone | Embodiment — Salvaging a Self
Embodiment — Salvaging a Self
Sue Palmer Stone
I retrieve something of value out of detritus and man-made cast-offs that would otherwise be lost or abandoned.
This series represents a salvage operation. I retrieve something of value out of detritus and man-made cast-offs that would otherwise be lost or abandoned. It's an effort to generate coherence and harmony in a dissonant, fragile, and precarious world, rendered more so as I contend with an autoimmune condition that has threatened my mobility.
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Hunting for things to capture in neglected or beat-up spaces, I often haul items to new sites or back to my studio to work with them sculpturally and again photographically. My subjects are "readymades" with occasional interventions.
The sculptures I create in my studio communicate obliquely and directly with what draws my attention to the outside world. They are vulnerable and alone, standing up tall, already collapsed, or somewhere in between, embodying what I was going through when I didn't know if I would lose the use of my limbs.
I delight in making and connecting images that speak to each other through shape, colour, line, texture, gesture, attitude and atmosphere, often playing with scale to emphasize or distort these relationships.
While the objects themselves may carry a sense of loss, loneliness and abandonment, these connections feel playful and uplifting to me. I hope this work speaks to viewers about their own physical or emotional challenges, about all our human frailty, and the question of what we can salvage from our experiences.
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