Viga 1, 2, 3 & 4 | Tom Price

Viga 1, 2, 3 & 4 is a set of sculptures in resin, tar, steel and wood by English artist Tom Price from the Viga series.

The Viga series marks a new stage in the artist’s production, notably in the use of pre-existing natural materials: ancient wooden ceiling joists. These beams, salvaged from a 15th century house in the centre of Palma de Mallorca, attracted the artist’s attention because of their history. Tom Price transforms these ‘found objects’ into works of art, re-imagining them in a future era where it is no longer possible to distinguish between natural and artificial elements. With this series, the artist continues his exploration of materials and his reflections on Man’s artefacts and his relationship with nature.

“Encrusted with synthetic mineral-like growths, they are a palimpsest of human industry through the ages. The notches carved to accommodate other beams; the old, twisted nails; the splashes of paint; the insect boreholes and worn-down ends, all hint at a rich history of utilitarian function and the many lives lived beneath them. They are a record of human construction from a time before plastics were invented, when everything would have been built and carved by hand. […] I imagined a future where these beams might reemerge – a time where our present era would be ancient history and all the material innovations of our time had become assimilated with and indistinguishable from nature. A flattening of human history into a single era – the Anthropocene – where synthetic minerals and inorganic deposits grow in and on natural materials. The Viga sculptures are an amalgam of the natural and the manmade, their totemic appearance dispassionately assessing the legacy of the human epoch.” Tom Price

The artistic approach of artist Tom Price revolves around materials and is in particular directed by innovative and experimental creative processes. His intriguing sculptures are capable of telling a story as well as enchanting the viewer with their visual and aesthetic impact. Tom Price is now recognized internationally, his work being praised and acknowledged by exhibitions in institutions and galleries all over the world. Several of his pieces have been acquired by private collections and museums in the United States, Europe and Asia, including the MOMA San Francisco and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.

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