Artists

David Altmejd

Press release

David Altmejd creates sculptures that often blur the distinction between interior and exterior, surface and structure, representation and abstraction. The human body in relation to processes of decay, renewal and transformation is a principal theme, with some sculptures appearing to either create or destroy themselves. His sculptures, which range from monumental to head scaled works, often incorporate a myriad of unexpected materials, the combinations of which can be captivating, disturbing or extremely poetic. Motivated by the invisible worlds that often exist beneath the surface of things, the artist reveals the hidden structures in his own works through negative spaces: gaps, holes, fissures and crystal-filled orifices are a recurring motif. Altmejd is also known for his earlier series of vast Perspex vitrines filled with labyrinthine arrangements of symbolic objects and materials. In these mesmeric works, precision and order conjure an aura of mystery and magic.