New Works, JAMESPLUMB

Artist Statement: Bath stone has a quiet charge that brings us back to it, time and time again. It has an emotional absorbency, and we relish the hours spent in the local stone yards and quarries around the city. These explorations inadvertently reveal an extremely precious aspect to the stones: Years of weathering has created patina where the stone – left exposed – has darkened, while underneath, it has been protected and remains in its raw state.

This has created incidental compositions, from where offcuts and redundant pieces have been left stacked on top of one another. It has left photographic-like, monochromatic formations; abstract imagery that have been waiting to be discovered. Through a rigorous selection process, the unintended becomes deeply intentional. The stones are physical markers of time. The works reference the passing of years, as well as the tension between presence and absence, light and shadow, material and immaterial.