Artworks

ROB BRANIGAN

The origin of Branigan’s work lies in the idea of the vessel - as an object that holds or contains, provides or transports, it is ever present in our lives. We could attribute it to our survival, our advancement as a species - it remains one of the most visible cultural objects to us, in counterpart to the tool, from prehistoric shells, to neolithic pots, scientific illustrations, shopping baskets, infograms and cloud storage. Branigan utilises the motif of the vessel, the support structure, within his work as a means of providing a receptacle for the viewer, to engage them to discuss ideas surrounding the objects they find themselves looking at, whether holding matter or information, exploring passages of time, inclinations of memory, ideas of knowledge or power structures.

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