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Contemporary Art,
Manchester, England
Interest free credit available via the 'Own Art' scheme
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Mark Gibbs
Cumbria, UK
Ceramic and mixed media approx 45x45x12cm £1800
detail
Mixed media 26 x 39 x 11cm £1000
Mixed media 27 x 20 x 17 cm £1000
Mixed media with shredded UN Declaration of Human Rights and poppy seeds 40x24x15cm base is a floating shelf that can also be wall mounted £1500
Mixed media 42x12x56cm £1800
Mixed media scuplture 35x47x14cm £1800
Mixed media and African colonial era banknotes on that can be float wall mounted overall dimensions 40x23.5x16cm £1100
Mixed media sculpture including doves made from the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights in various languages-shredded, poppy seeds, ceramic shell form, ash and plaster dust 36 x 37 x 16.5cm £1800
Mixed media sculpture in acrylic exhibition case 37.5 x 66 x 22cm £2000
The Long Khaki Trail Mixed media sculpture SOLD
Merlin Sculpture - preserved newspaper obituary columns and ceramic vessel 40x25x20cm £1500
Sculpture - preserved newspaper and raku ceramic vessel 40x25x20cm £1500
Mixed media 22 x 43 x 15.5cm SOLD
Oryx gazelle - Scorched Earth Mixed media Sculpture SOLD
Mixed media 60x23x56cm SOLD - commission possible
About the Artist
Mark creates complex sculptures featuring animals, horsemen, and ships. Influenced by archeology his sculptures resemble ancient ritual artefacts with many layers of meaning. He describes his work as ‘Natural-History’; in which themes of deep time, loss and conflict are combined with animal form.
Referencing shamanism, the animals are built from the inside out, starting with a skeleton and often including internal organs which are then covered with bundles of wire representing the muscle groups, or torn newspaper to represent feathers.
The unsettling anatomical look resembles a cyborg or a creature in the stages of reanimation. The newspaper stories are relevant to the works’ meaning, and the inclusion of modern elements such as wire or electronics produces an intentional conflict, are they ancient or from some dystopian future?
Mark says he sees his animals as guardian spirits of a battered environment, standing in opposition to unsustainable materialism. A recent series of cavalry sculptures comments on the dangers of Imperialism, and the forces of unrestricted competition which continue to fuel this destructive mind set.
Mark has been included in the 2018, 2020 and 2023 New Light Prize touring exhibitions and shortlisted for the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year 5 times. In 2018 he was included in the Highlights Contemporary Craft Tour: Craft and Conflict showing alongside craftwork made in UN refugee camps.
