Juicer, 2020 is a product of distillation, of a slow transmutation of materials; which becomes, Bax says, ‘activated' by our gaze, by our movement around it, while conversely retaining a sense of secrecy, of something invisibly at work within. According to Muriel Zagha, Juicer suggests at once a sewing table, a desk, a piece of industrial or domestic machinery and connected to it, an umbrella stand or golf bag.
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).
Juicer, 2020 is a product of distillation, of a slow transmutation of materials; which becomes, Bax says, ‘activated' by our gaze, by our movement around it, while conversely retaining a sense of secrecy, of something invisibly at work within. According to Muriel Zagha, Juicer suggests at once a sewing table, a desk, a piece of industrial or domestic machinery and connected to it, an umbrella stand or golf bag.