Tuberous Hubris, 2010, Steel, Clay, gloss paint, plaster, 184 x 140 x 49cm

Tuberous Hubris, 2010, detail

Untitled (swords), 2010 Pine, MDF, rubber paint, clay, steel, wire, 150 x 60 x 60 cm

Untitled (swords), 2010, detail

Untitled (swords), 2010, detail

One jump to Three, 2010 Wood, rubber paint, sand, clay, wire, 122 x 155 x 68 cm

One jump to Three, 2010, detail

One jump to Three, 2010, detail

One jump to Three, 2010, detail

M, 2010 Steel, Clay, 123.5 x 84 x 50.5 cm

M, 2010, detail

A.M., 2010 Steel, plexi-glas, clay, wire, 200 x 110 x 80 cm

A.M., 2010, detail

A.M., 2010, detail

'Add Vice', 2010 Steel, MDF, chalkboard paint, clay, 119 x 151 x 45 cm Installation view, 'Die Kleine Improvisation', Stadtgalerie, Kiel, 2010

Add Vice, 2010, Steel, MDF, chalkboard paint, clay, 119 x 151 x 45 cm

Add Vice, 2010, detail Steel, MDF, chalkboard paint, clay, 119 x 151 x 45 cm

Norwood, 2010 Walnut, Birch and Teak veneer, MDF, clay, 100 x 40 x 22 cm

Norwood, 2010, detail

Installation view, 'Die Kleine Improvisation', Stadtgalerie, Kiel, 2010

GRAND STANDS

Small, quick, low-material-value clay sculptures perch uncomfortably on enormously elaborate plinths.  Ranging from a stock market projection chart, (A.M. 2010), plucked aggressively from 2 dimensions, to a suburban veneer goggle box desperately attempting to focus on itself,  (Norwood 2010), the tumble of crossing lines and angles, solid masses and filigree becomes a whirling distraction. It is because of this elaborate dance, this incessant jumping, that these small clay sculptures get away with the monstrous. Isolated from their scale, they become small yet mighty dictators, gleefully riding their platforms while controlling the space with which they interlock.