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Peter Linnett

Edinburgh Art Fair

O2 Academy, Edinburgh

November 2023

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featured works:

Flights

sculpture triptych

Flights is a series of works about space exploration. Not inter-planetary space - although some of the forms might be reminiscent of science fiction spacecraft - but architectural or domestic space.

These works are “parasitic”, in that they comment on, and interact with, their environment - implying a line of connection, a linkage, or direction of flow through adjacent spaces; or a line which cuts across the rigid geometry of a room.

Minotaur

console

The Minotaur, solitary and outcast - yet noble and dignified, is channeled through this hefty yet elegant console table. Reminiscent of a fine antique, this powerful piece of statement furniture is hand-carved and constructed from recycled scaffolding planks, with sand-cast bronze stiletto hooves and nose-ring - tied up with a frayed length of reclaimed rope. .

It belongs to the series Imagined Creatures: art furniture works which embody the narrative resonances found in antiques and historical artefacts.

The sculpting and hand-forming processes, and flawed nature of the raw materials, are celebrated and expressed; and processes of ageing and decay are encouraged - becoming an integral part of the work.

Centaur

writing desk

This incarnation of the Centaur writing desk is hand-carved and constructed from recycled scaffolding planks, with sand-cast bronze stiletto hooves.

It belongs to the series Imagined Creatures: art furniture works which embody the narrative resonances found in antiques and historical artefacts.

The sculpting and hand-forming processes, and flawed nature of the raw materials, are celebrated and expressed; and processes of ageing and decay are encouraged - becoming an integral part of the work.

Zeus / Herd

dining chairs

Unicorn

ornamentaltable

Leap 1

sculpture

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