Helen Maurer |
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Alter 2017 50cm x 47cm x 11cm, projection approximately 50cm above and below the shelf. Photo: Sebastian Sharples | |
Maurer’s work is shaped by regular visits to charity shops, collecting old furniture, objects and glassware to include in installations that are transformed in some way by light, movement and sound. Ideas are developed through experimentation, by projecting light through glass to create shadows for example. Works are made both for exhibition and site-specific commissions, with the architecture and the history of a space often providing a narrative and informing ideas. As a boat owner, the river also provides rich subject matter: water and reflection are recurring themes along with illusion; distortion; stability and scale. Maurer originally studied Fine Art and Theatre before specialising in glass, with an MA from the Royal College of Art. She has exhibited internationally and often collaborates with other artists, choreographers and musicians. In 2003 she won The Jerwood Prize for her unique approach to glass. She lives and works in London. |
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> Curriculum vitae | |
> Press | |
> Artist website | |
> Exhibitions at the gallery: re Composing 2016; London Art Fair 2016; The Rock Garden 2013; Wunderkammern 2006 | |
SELECTED WORKS *click thumbnails to view larger images | |
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re Connected re Creation 2016 Commission by Illuminate York for Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York | |
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Installation view: re Composing 2016 at Danielle Arnaud. Photo by Oskar Proctor | |
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Installation view: re Composing 2016 at Danielle Arnaud. Photo by Oskar Proctor | |
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Glass Fountain 2013 installation detail | |
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Set Dance, 2008,
Overhead projectors, glass, mirrors, painted wood and sound Towner Offsite, Winter Garden, Compton Street, Eastbourne |
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High Tide, 2006, Overhead projector, glass, mirror and painted wood | |
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Family Tree, 2006, Overhead projector, glass, mirrors, lens, perspex painted wood and video projector | |
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Turn a Blind Eye, 2005, Telescope, flagpoles, flags, LCD screenmedium | |
Turn a Blind Eye was part of The Nelson Touch 2005, presented at the Royal Naval Museum in collaboration with Aspex Gallery and was curated by Victoria Preston. Helen Maurer created a telescope acting as a camera obscura - projecting a small image of a scene outside the building on to a flat surface in the museum. In Portsmouth Historic Dockyard she has hung a Nelsonic message encoded in flags which is inverted by the telescope - a symbol of distress. The installation is complimented with archive footage of events and marches shot in Trafalgar Square, the sight of Nelson's Column. | |
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Cave Painting, 2003, Overhead projector, glass | |
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Untitled, 2003, Overhead projector, glass, perspex and metal | |
Over Exposed | |
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Over Exposed, 2002, Overhead projector, glass, perspex | |
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Alpha Light frames, 2001, Projector glass perspex and wood, projection approx 250 x 300cm | |
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Green Birdie, 2002, Glass, perspex, wood and halogen light | |
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Loop, 2002, Glass, perspex, painted wood and halogen light | |