'Lumbar', 2013. Dimensions: 30 cm x 17 cm x 12 cm
Within the study of biology, knowing the structure of something does not necessarily reveal its function. Comparing this idea to sculpture and my exploration of the 'stone tool artefact', I wanted to develop this idea of 'structure and function' and play with this biological theory, that it is unlikely to identify the function of something with only structural information. This small portland stone carving is a playful experiment with this notion where there appears to have been a previous function or a usefulness to the object / artefact. The viewer is presented with the limitation of possibilities in the sculpture rather than the adaptive honing of perfection in an structure which is a dominant theme in biological evolution.
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