Martin Cody United Kingdom
I resumed making sculpture in 2014 and have since shown sculpture, audio visual pieces and drawing. I am interested in the experiences of new, older artists returning or starting to make art that takes into account contemporary practices. I make constructions that are material and tangible and whose component forms often have a direct relation to the features of the gallery or site.
My activities as a sculptor fall into two, complimentary approaches. In one mode, I bring pre-fabricated components to the site and I think of these as my company of actors. This notion points in the direction of sculptural forms as performative and my sculpture in this sense is a kind of performative system whereby materials are distributed through and across the space in an enquiring way, unfolding in fits and starts as different materials and ways of constructing come into play, more akin to an event than an object. I prefer the viewer to have a low key entanglement with this event-like condition. I do not aim for immersive, spectacular or monumental impact. Every now and again, I press the pause button on this enquiring movement to solidify a moment of process; to do close work with forms and materials. This phase freezes the performative process and I constitute more object-like pieces bringing the viewer into a different proximity to the form, materials and scale of a sculpture.
I am a member of The Royal Society of Sculptors.
Artwork
'Untitled', Steel, 2024, NFS
'Mute Body: Stack', Painted steel, 2024, £1280
'Array One and Two'. 'The Emperor Walks II'. 'Untitled'. , Steel and mixed media, 2022, NFA
'The Negligible things Under Your Feet', Fired earthenware clay, 2020, Available for commission including artist fee; costs of materials and production; travel and accomodation expenses if applicable.
'To Be Revealed', Mixed media, 2017, Available by commission including artist fee, materials cost, travel and accomodation expenses where applicable.
'Feint', Painted welded steel and cotton crepe, 2017, NFS
'Lucid', Welded steel and cotton crepe, 2017