GRIDS
One day, I noticed it. I cannot remember where or when, or even in what form, but suddenly, grids were everywhere.
I have since been aiming to understand grids in relation to human life. Grids occur physically throughout the environment and manufactured architectural landscape, and may also symbolise socio political structures that humans exist within. They may also symbolise human’s innate nature to section, divide and group as a method for understanding and functioning. In creating these works, I was focused on letting the grid appear through intuitive making, so as not to judge what they mean, rather, I want them to speak for themselves. I will leave you with a question; How do these grids make you feel?
Elizabeth Cairns is a Melbourne/ Tasmanian based artist, concerned with environmental issues, animal rights, post humanist perspectives and the nature of being. Due to the ongoing polycrisis, Elizabeth’s work often confronts the strangeness of the current times. She embraces a wide range of mediums, from coloured pencil and watercolour painting to ceramics and sculpture. Her art practice employs use of creative techniques, installation, and unconventional use of materials, often creating multimedium works.
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