Asiya Clarke
(58 years old. Born in United Kingdom. Lives in: St Albans)
Goldsmiths
Before coming to college my work was concerned with spirituality. I follow a Sufi path which involves purification of the self in order to uncover the Divine essence
I am interested in how the display of internal body organs has a sobering effect on us. I have been working spontaneously and intuitively transforming found objects and detritus into body parts. As one of my tutors put it, I'm exploring "the elegant flip flop fro ...[more]
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Work of art I would like to make
According to Sufi teachings, for the real self to be revealed there must be a death of the ego, and this can be experienced through states or stations, which have been identified and documented over the centuries. I have been concerned with the mortality and the ephemeral, which obviously refers to physical death, but can be seen as a metaphor for the death of the ego.
My degree show ‘Die before you die’ reflects the absurdity of the human condition. I now want to focus on our need to improve ourselves, to uncover the essential and our longing for transformation.
I would like to continue working with found objects and materials and referencing body parts and to introduce imaginary elements in a way that I can’t do with sculpture. Using the forms I have made as a starting point for a series of drawings and montages, and with a view to animation, to explore the sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, sad or ecstatic states of human transformation.
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My Artworks (6)
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