Kingpin, 2020 is Bax's largest and most ambitious sculpture to date. A horizontal plane is pitted with holes, which dissolve into generous cavities or erupt into funnels. An irregular bulbous shape appears to be mutating. Bars feed into tubes, parts pivot, and fragments rest. Handles have been added for assistance and bright yellow vertical stands provide essential support. Kingpin challenges the idea of a self-contained, free standing sculpture; its limits have been considered, its boundaries tested.
Olivia Bax (b. 1988 Singapore) lives and works in London. She graduated from BA Fine Art at Byam Shaw School of Art, London (2010); and MFA Sculpture at Slade School of Fine Art, London (2016). Selected exhibitions include: Home Range, Holtermann Fine Art, London (2022); Spill, L21, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (2022); Pah-d’-Bah, HS Projects, London (2021); Off Grid, Mark Tanner Sculpture Award Exhibition, Standpoint Gallery London (2020), touring to Cross Lane Projects, Kendal (2020/21) and Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens (2021); Gleaners: Olivia Bax & Hannah Hughes, Sid Motion Gallery, London (2020/21); Chute, Ribot Gallery, Milan (2019/20); 3rd Edition, Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer, UK (2019); Roost, Lily Brooke Gallery, London (2018); Adieu to Old England, The Kids are Alright, Choi & Lager, Cologne (2019/20); at large, VO Curations, London (2018); Harder Edge, Saatchi Gallery, London (2019); Olivia Bax | Milly Peck | Rafal Zajko, Three Works, Scarborough (2018); A Motley Crew, Larsen Warner Gallery, Stockholm (2017).
Prizes include The Mark Tanner Sculpture Award (2019/20); Kenneth Armitage Young Sculptor Prize (2016), Additional Award, Exeter Contemporary Open, Exeter Phoenix (2017).
Kingpin, 2020 is Bax's largest and most ambitious sculpture to date. A horizontal plane is pitted with holes, which dissolve into generous cavities or erupt into funnels. An irregular bulbous shape appears to be mutating. Bars feed into tubes, parts pivot, and fragments rest. Handles have been added for assistance and bright yellow vertical stands provide essential support. Kingpin challenges the idea of a self-contained, free standing sculpture; its limits have been considered, its boundaries tested.
Pah-d'-Bah, 5 Howick Place, London, United Kingdom (2021)
OFF GRID, Mark Tanner Sculpture Award Touring Exhibition at Standpoint Gallery, London, Cross Lane Projects, Kendall, and Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance (2020)