Barnard invites you to view the latest body of work of three dimensional works in plaster as well as ink drawings by Dominique Edwards.
Process and labour intensive, the enigmatic plaster forms of Dominique Edwards have evolved intuitively over the past two years. With layers of plastering, additions and extensions, carving away and ultimately sanding to a high-level finish, the work represents an extensive practice-based meditation through the medium of Plaster of Paris.
Unlike traditional uses in casting and mould making, the plaster things of this exhibition are ends in and of themselves, their insides and surfaces have been negotiated over long periods in the artists’ studio. The emerging forms, the feelthings, are found in this way and are the culmination of a visceral negotiation with plaster involving a messy process of finding solidity from fine powder. In effect they represent a collection of encounters with both the chaos and harmony of making, asking what it means to think or feel with a material?
Process and labour intensive, the enigmatic plaster forms of Dominique Edwards have evolved intuitively over the past two years. With layers of plastering, additions and extensions, carving away and ultimately sanding to a high-level finish, the work represents an extensive practice-based meditation through the medium of Plaster of Paris.
Unlike traditional uses in casting and mould making, the plaster things of this exhibition are ends in and of themselves, their insides and surfaces have been negotiated over long periods in the artists’ studio. The emerging forms, the feelthings, are found in this way and are the culmination of a visceral negotiation with plaster involving a messy process of finding solidity from fine powder. In effect they represent a collection of encounters with both the chaos and harmony of making, asking what it means to think or feel with a material?
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Dominique EdwardsA Constant Hum, 2019Plaster of Paris78 x 82 x 90 cm
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Dominique EdwardsA Round Point, 2019Plaster of Paris56 x 104 x 38 cm
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Dominique EdwardsCut to the Quick, 2019Plaster of Paris46 x 68 x 30 cm
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Dominique EdwardsAt the Slaughter, 2019Plaster of Paris85 x 56 x 130 cm
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Dominique EdwardsNo Hard Feelings, 2019Plaster of Paris34 x 32 x 62 cm
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Dominique EdwardsCold Shoulder, Warm Heart, 2019Plaster of Paris23 x 35 x 50 cm
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Dominique EdwardsThe Milk Tooth and the Funny Bone, 2019Plaster of Paris27 x 20 x 27 cm
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Dominique EdwardsOverlap, 2019Plaster of Paris24 x 46 x 35 cm
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Dominique EdwardsWake , 2019Plaster of Paris28 x 26 x 38 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSlumber, 2019Plaster of Paris28 x 26 x 38 cm
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Dominique EdwardsDead Still, 2019Plaster of Paris20 x 28 x 26,5 cm
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Dominique EdwardsThe Feeler, 2019Plaster of Paris35 x 15 x 17 cm
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Dominique EdwardsBare Ends, 2019Plaster of Paris23.5 x 38 x 21 cm
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Dominique EdwardsThe Crossing , 2019Plaster of Paris12 x 24 x 24 cm
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Dominique EdwardsOf Two Minds, 2019Plaster of Paris20 x 21 x 20 cm
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Dominique EdwardsThe Palm and the Hand, 2019Plaster of Paris16 x 15 x 25 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSwallow, 2019Plaster of Paris11 x 13 x 27 cm
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Dominique EdwardsLullaby for a Rooster, 2019Plaster of Paris11,2 x 10 x 29 cm
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Dominique EdwardsThe Ends of Things I, 2018Plaster of Paris13 x 15 x 25 cmPhoto credit Eugene van der Merwe
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Dominique EdwardsThe Ends of Things II, 2018Plaster of Paris13 x 15 x 25 cm
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Dominique EdwardsThe Ends of Things III, 2018Plaster of Paris13 x 15 x 25 cm
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Dominique EdwardsThe Ends of Things IV, 2018Plaster of Paris13 x 15 x 25 cm
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Dominique EdwardsThe Ends of Things V, 2018Plaster of Paris13 x 15 x 25 cm
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Dominique EdwardsThe Ends of Things VI, 2018Plaster of Paris13 x 15 x 25 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSoft Things IV, 2019Ink on paper52,5 x 43,5 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSoft Things II, 2019Ink on paper43,5 x 26 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSoft Things III, 2019Ink on paper43,5 x 26 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSoft Things V, 2019Ink on paper28,5 x 17 cm
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Dominique EdwardsCut and Dried, 2019ink on paper52,5 x 43,5 cm
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Dominique EdwardsTurn, 2019Ink on paper28,5 x 17 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSoft Things I, 2018ink on paper19 x 13 cm
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Dominique EdwardsHalved, Not Quartered, 2019ink on paper13 x 39.5 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSmall Throat, Big Tongue I, 2019ink on paper19 x 13 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSmall Throat, Big Tongue II, 2019ink on paper19 x 13 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSmall Throat, Big Tongue III, 2019ink on paper19 x 13 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSmall Throat, Big Tongue IV, 2019ink on paper19 x 13 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSkinning the Whole I, 2017ink on paper32 x 23 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSkinning the Whole II, 2017ink on paper32 x 23 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSkinning the Whole III, 2017ink on paper32 x 23 cm
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Dominique EdwardsSkinning the Whole IV, 2017ink on paper32 x 23 cm
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Dominique EdwardsInside Out II, 2019ink on paper26 x 43.5 cm
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Dominique EdwardsInside Out I, 2019ink on paper26 x 43.5 cm