Artist : David Cooper
Title : War Hed (1)
Medium : clay
Dimensions : 20 x 19 x 17 cm


ENQUIRE ABOUT THIS WORK

“There are acts of terror that can’t be ignored or cleared from the mind. These ‘War Hed’s’ came about following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In this series destruction is the making. Clay, a simple medium from the ground, moulded with taped hands, and bitten, to sculpt the brutal yet fragile pieces. Biting the clay became symbolic of an act of unarmed survival.”

David Cooper’s work deals with disorder. His work is examined inside out, and outside in, through a series of unpremeditated and intuitive processes. The works inquire into a humanity that feels, fears and confronts restriction and control; a state of being often conducive to an abominable sense of desolation and fettered anxiety. These unknown (and unknowable) aspects of the human condition, driven by momentary absences of restraint, structure and control are embodied. Broken happenings, motivated by instinct, assemblage techniques and random thoughts, naivety and energy are exploited to sculpt the identity of these unfathomable aspects of human experience.

David Cooper was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire in 1972. He currently lives and works in Suffolk. Cooper studied Fashion at John Moores University followed by an MA in Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins where he went on to become lead designer and head of menswear at Alexander McQueen. More recently Cooper attended Fine Art summer school at the Slade School of Fine Art in 2008. Works have been exhibited extensively in the UK.