The Teeth of the Mountain
Art works done during my time as the Artist in Residence at Institut le Rosey, Switzerland
At Le Rosey, during the winter-term we would move to Gstaad, a ski-resort for the ultra-rich. Here I created a personal project based on mountain tops that were named after body parts (e.g., teeth, fingers), and so I became interested in the personification of the landscape. Sculptures are dotted around Gstaad, many of mirrored materials (e.g., Helidon Xhixha, Doug Aitken), reflecting the picturesque surroundings. However, the warped mirrored surfaces show a slightly different world, with a skewed perspective. Stand close enough and you see yourself, contorted against the mountain backdrop. This gave me the idea of wanting to transform the self into a landscape. I took photos with mirrored paper to see how I could distort my body. This project led me to explore the feeling of being at one with nature,I made drawings where my body is a mountain range or part of Lake Geneva. On the other hand, these drawings were inspired by the feeling of looking into a world that does not belong to me. As an observing outsider.
The Teeth of the Mountain
210 x 297 mm
Water Soluble Graphite Pencils on Watercolor Paper
Visiting Maria Waeber
297 x 420 mm
Watercolour, Ink, Pastels, Coloured Pencils on Coloured Paper
Inside
210 x 297 mm
Water Soluble Pencils, Coloured Pencils, Chalk, Ink on Coloured Paper
Expedition in the Full Moon light (with Brian)
297 x 420 mm
Ink, Graphite Pencils and Fine Liner
At One with Nature
148.5 x 210 mm
Gouache, Graphite Pencils, Coloured Chalk Pencils
Coming Out of Lac Leman
210 x 297 mm
Oil Paint on Canvas
The Lake
4 x (148.5 x 210 mm)
Part of a series of Reduction Lino Prints
The Mountain
6x (148.5 x 210 mm)
Part of a series of Reduction Lino Prints
Les Montagnes
420 x 594 mm
Ink, Watercolour, Gouache, Graphite on Watercolour Paper
Gstaad Tourist
297 x 420 mm
Fineliner on Paper
Distorted Figures
297 x 420 mm
Coloured Pencils and Chalk on Coloured Paper
Distortion XhiXha
3x (210 x 297 mm)
Graphite and Coloured Pencil
Classroom
2 x (210 x 297 mm)
Watercolour and Fine Liner
