Martin George b. 1980
Best and Fairest , 2025
stainless steel, epoxy paint, mechanical bearings
120 x 50 x 50 cm
“Best and Fairest” explores the interplay between dynamic movement and structural equilibrium, encapsulating the extroverted energy of a female dancer in motion. The work embodies a moment of poised tension,...
“Best and Fairest” explores the interplay between dynamic movement and structural equilibrium, encapsulating the extroverted energy of a female dancer in motion. The work embodies a moment of poised tension, where the potential for movement is suspended within a carefully balanced form. Through the abstraction of the female figure, the sculpture interrogates the relationship between corporeal expression and structural integrity, engaging with notions of performance, embodiment, and spatial presence.
The pentagonal geometry serves as both an aesthetic and conceptual foundation, invoking the pentagram and pentacle as symbols of human narrative and elemental forces. This structural logic extends beyond mere formalism, referencing the interconnectedness of body and environment, and the tension between constraint and expression. The abstraction of the female form, traditionally associated with grace, vitality, and movement, is here recontextualized within a geometric framework, emphasizing both the resilience and dynamism inherent in the dancer’s presence. The work situates itself at the intersection of materiality and symbolism, utilizing geometric abstraction to articulate a form that is at once architectural and animate, stable yet imbued with the latent energy of motion
The pentagonal geometry serves as both an aesthetic and conceptual foundation, invoking the pentagram and pentacle as symbols of human narrative and elemental forces. This structural logic extends beyond mere formalism, referencing the interconnectedness of body and environment, and the tension between constraint and expression. The abstraction of the female form, traditionally associated with grace, vitality, and movement, is here recontextualized within a geometric framework, emphasizing both the resilience and dynamism inherent in the dancer’s presence. The work situates itself at the intersection of materiality and symbolism, utilizing geometric abstraction to articulate a form that is at once architectural and animate, stable yet imbued with the latent energy of motion
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