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Autour De

The world is full of twisted paths and undiscovered corners, why is it our heads tell us to go straight why not take the curved road? Hannah Pearce explores sculpture in a way that captures the essence of diversity, the avid contrast between line and curvature in true organic forms seen in the Rococo and Baroque periods. “The decorative details here, as in most rococo furniture, derive from real, or at least possible, organic natural forms” (Du Pont, 1980). Exhibition Autour de meaning around was inspired by the ideals of Ross Lovegrove and Rococo, throwing symmetry to the wind and investigating all that moves unchallenged.

Fluidity and hypnosis are the Bonnie and Clyde of Autour De. Pearce delves into the simplistic structure of the spiral engaging the mind and heightening the imagination, taking the eye on a contoured adventure. The Structural Influence by French Rococo in Pearce’s work represent all that is beauty while the use of organic materials such as corrugated card and wood draws back to natural significance. “Rococo manner is characterized by graceful, enchanting, lighthearted themes of flirting and unrequited, melancholic love among the aristocracy.” (Mulch, 2011) It is the relationship projecting contrast that opens the doors for ones individual emotional interpretation.

Whether a curve is two-dimensional or three-dimensional it automatically shares the personality that a straight line will never have. It may have imperfections but it took the time to stop and smell the roses. Pearce’s sculpture shows a deep understanding of direction and change portrayed by the various forms it encompasses, dependent on how the piece is positioned and opposing shadow lines. The eye is encouraged to move in a circular motion following the movement of the piece, discovering that in fact what goes around does come

around.