Gaia – “From the Earth” The Iron Clocks

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19620014largeGaia “from the earth” — A unique creation story in the artist’s own words.

This was the first Iron Clock that I ever made, although the idea had been alive in my mind for a very long time.

The inspiration for this sculpture evolved from my personal fascination with the cycle of life and the immortality of time itself. Everybody and everything finally melts away into the abyss of time, only to re-evolve from the earth as some other new life form.

My sculpture Gaia, goddess of the earth, portrays this eternal process for me.

It was also important to me that the sculpture I created was suggestive, as an art form, and that it would give people the opportunity to interpret it in many different ways.

It was after months of dedication to this work, that all of my ideas finally evolved and came together in this sculpture.

On completing this Iron Clock I felt a huge sense of satisfaction and pride, and a significant weight off my mind !

-Mark Avis

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1 comment for this entry:
  1. DS
    April 1st, 2009 on 10:20 am

    ‘An amazing piece of art’
    (DS, Essex)

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Time is an Abstract Concept

Born in 1966, Mark is a contemporary artist, based in Newark, Nottinghamshire, who designs inspirational clocks made from steel. Influenced by Gaudi and Spanish surrealist, Dali, Mark began to conceive an image of a melting clock, created from iron, but sculpted to large proportions. His first Iron Clock in the series, known as 'Gaia', was completed nearly four years ago.

Mark has produced a series of six sculptures to date, which have attracted tremendous interest and critical acclaim. Each sculpture is original, shaped with distinctive markings that, when viewed as a whole, represent what Mark refers to as 'a human form fitting the proportions of people'.

With each Iron Clock, Mark has distorted the notion of time by creating an incredible melting effect that is both visually arresting and technically superb. As the series has progressed, Mark's artistic vision has become increasingly complex, inviting different interpretations as more intricate detail is added. This creates additional depth and dimension to each new sculpture, that further disrupts our traditional concept of time as each Iron Clock tells its own individual story.

Fragmentation contrasts sharply with fluidity in his latest creation 'Cronus', where the juxtaposition of time and nature are beautifully realised.

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