Image of artwork titled "Untitled" by Alan Constable
Image of artwork titled "Untitled" by Alan Constable
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Alan Constable, Untitled, 2021
Sculpture, glaze, earthenware
8 × 6 × 9 inches
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Alan Constable’s singular sculptures of cameras, telescopes, projectors, and binoculars are imbued with a heightened tactility and inner life. Legally blind and deaf, Constable began constructing replicas of cameras from cereal cartons and glue at the age of eight. At the studio Constable holds research images or source objects millimetres from his face, committing the form to memory by tracing the surface with his fingertips. Every protrusion, button, and lens of a specific camera model is faithfully captured in intricate detail, down to tiny scrawled lines and letters. Perspectives shift and Constable’s re-interpretations become at times anthropomorphic vessels — totems glazed in lustrous mossy, earthy washes.

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