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Venice Biennale

Room C05, Palazzo Bembo, Venezia, Italy

This body of work draws on transformation as both material process and metaphor, moving between ancient and contemporary forms of myth-making. Inspired by prehistoric cave painting, Raging Bull embodies primal force - its stripped-back, muscular form amplifying strength into something architectural, poised between realism and abstraction. Cast in bronze, it carries a sense of permanence, its surface echoing erosion and touch, as if both discovered and newly made.

In contrast, Golden Passage traces migration and transition. Small ceramic birds are threaded with gold, mapping a triangular journey from the Wirral to Venice and onward to Africa. The gold, intertwined with wheat, suggests alchemy: fragile matter transformed through movement, time, and passage. This dialogue extends into an epic maritime narrative inspired by Helen of Troy - the face that launched a thousand ships - reimagined as becoming of the sea itself. Her form is adorned with coral, shells, and wave-like textures, merging body and ocean, myth and environment. In Alchemy: A Tale of Two Cities, two sculptures embody the rise and fall of alchemy - one highly refined, the other eroded - revealing hidden messages through surface and decay. Together, these works explore endurance, transformation, and the evolving resonance of symbols across time.

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