MASS RESIDUE
Alex Tedlie-Stursberg
January 31st - March 15th, 2019.
Opening Thursday, January 31st 7:00 - 10:00PM.
Alex Tedlie-Stursberg
January 31st - March 15th, 2019.
Opening Thursday, January 31st 7:00 - 10:00PM.
Here is an attempt to describe what remains:
Vessels of unknown purpose...
Detritus, Byproduct, Actual Jetsam
Here is a hypothesis for a plausible scenario:
Vestiges of unknown purpose...
Quasiglomerate rocks, Neo-Relics, Artifactual Flotsam
A Mass Residue
Field Contemporary presents new sculptures and wall pieces by Alex Tedlie-Stursberg. In his second Vancouver solo exhibition Stursberg employs found and salvaged polystyrene discards to produce a variety of abstracted and semi-organic forms. Constructed utilizing fiberglass, concrete, and metal, formerly fragile and purposeless objects are given structural integrity, weight, and a reinvigorated permanence as formal sculpture. Reoriented this way, Stursberg proposes that our relationship to these forms might begin to shift, whereby recognizable knowns could become unknowns.
Alex Tedlie-Stursberg (b.1980 UK) Lives and works in Vancouver, BC
Alex Tedlie-Stursberg is a multidisciplinary artist working across various mediums including sculpture, assemblage and video. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries across North America and Europe; recent and upcoming exhibitions include Holy Wave as part of Glasgow International, Scotland, Everything Flows, with Burrard Art Foundation, Vancouver, BC (2018), Mass Residue, with Field Contemporary, and Super, Natural, a group exhibition at Unit 17 Gallery, Vancouver, BC (2019). In 2018 Stursberg was an artist in residence at the Glasgow Sculpture Studios. He is currently employed as a term lecturer at Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts.
Working with assemblage, cultural iconography and material appropriation, Stursberg’s practice looks at systems of value throughout society, demonstrating their interconnectivity and mutual dependency. Concerned with the nature of undervalued materials and the political economy of consumer resources his practice regularly utilizes found objects of low material value, often acquired through thrift, salvage, or trade.
Stursberg continues to produce a range of group exhibitions, for organisations including Glasgow Open House Festival, Vancouver Art Book Fair, and Vancouver Art Gallery. The most recent of these was Micro-Wave, a group exhibition of artists working with found materials presented in a repurposed garage space in East Vancouver, BC.
Vessels of unknown purpose...
Detritus, Byproduct, Actual Jetsam
Here is a hypothesis for a plausible scenario:
Vestiges of unknown purpose...
Quasiglomerate rocks, Neo-Relics, Artifactual Flotsam
A Mass Residue
Field Contemporary presents new sculptures and wall pieces by Alex Tedlie-Stursberg. In his second Vancouver solo exhibition Stursberg employs found and salvaged polystyrene discards to produce a variety of abstracted and semi-organic forms. Constructed utilizing fiberglass, concrete, and metal, formerly fragile and purposeless objects are given structural integrity, weight, and a reinvigorated permanence as formal sculpture. Reoriented this way, Stursberg proposes that our relationship to these forms might begin to shift, whereby recognizable knowns could become unknowns.
Alex Tedlie-Stursberg (b.1980 UK) Lives and works in Vancouver, BC
Alex Tedlie-Stursberg is a multidisciplinary artist working across various mediums including sculpture, assemblage and video. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries across North America and Europe; recent and upcoming exhibitions include Holy Wave as part of Glasgow International, Scotland, Everything Flows, with Burrard Art Foundation, Vancouver, BC (2018), Mass Residue, with Field Contemporary, and Super, Natural, a group exhibition at Unit 17 Gallery, Vancouver, BC (2019). In 2018 Stursberg was an artist in residence at the Glasgow Sculpture Studios. He is currently employed as a term lecturer at Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts.
Working with assemblage, cultural iconography and material appropriation, Stursberg’s practice looks at systems of value throughout society, demonstrating their interconnectivity and mutual dependency. Concerned with the nature of undervalued materials and the political economy of consumer resources his practice regularly utilizes found objects of low material value, often acquired through thrift, salvage, or trade.
Stursberg continues to produce a range of group exhibitions, for organisations including Glasgow Open House Festival, Vancouver Art Book Fair, and Vancouver Art Gallery. The most recent of these was Micro-Wave, a group exhibition of artists working with found materials presented in a repurposed garage space in East Vancouver, BC.