Conrad Shawcross
Schism (C)Year 2019
Medium Bronze
Dimensions 15 x 15 x 15 cm
Edition 10
Schism continues the artist's research into the particular geometric, philosophical and even political potential of the tetrahedron. Here, nineteen tetrahedrons are arranged together to form a sphere. This near-perfect polygonal shape is on the verge of forming an icosahedron, but the geometry fails to reconcile and a deep chasm dominates the form, seemingly tearing the ideal apart. For Shawcross, this failed geometry may remind us of the schisms in society and our search for order.
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The work of British artist Conrad Shawcross (1977 - ) explores subjects that lie on the borders of geometry and philosophy, physics and metaphysics. Attracted by failed quests for knowledge in the past, he often appropriates redundant theories and methodologies to create ambitious structural and mechanical artworks. Shawcross RA was born in London in 1977. He graduated from the Ruskin at Oxford University with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fine Art in 1999, and obtained his Masters in Fine Art from the Slade at UCL in 2001. He has exhibited at institutions across the world, including Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania, Wadsworth Atheneum in Connecticut, USA, the National Gallery in London, and ARTMIA in Beijing. Shawcross has completed a number of major public commissions across the world, including Paradigm outside the Francis Crick Institute at UCL in London, the 18-metre tall Exploded Paradigm inside the atrium of the Comcast Technology Center in Philadelphia, and the recently unveiled Bicameral at Chelsea Barracks in London.
Artists Conrad Shawcross
Name of the work Schism (C)
Year 2019
Medium Bronze
Edition 10
Dimensions 15 x 15 x 15 cm
Signed Yes
Numbered Yes
Certificate of authenticity No
Artwork
Schism continues the artist's research into the peculiar geometric, philosophical and even political potential of the tetrahedron. Here, nineteen tetrahedra are arranged together to form a sphere. This near-perfect polygonal form, standing over 6 metres in height, comes close to forming an icosahedron, however the geometry fails to reconcile itself and a deep chasm dominates the form, appearing to be ripping the ideal apart. For Shawcross, this failed geometry can remind us of schisms in society and our search for order.