MARTYN THOMPSON
Like the distinctive jacquard textiles and painted glazed ceramics they produce, Martyn Thompson’s body of work is a richly layered tapestry of influences, threads and patterns that reflects a creative life spanning multiple mediums and habitats. Now based in Sydney after a number of years living abroad, Thompson continues to develop their voracious creative appetite, producing pieces which speak to his affinity for interior life and which satisfy their hunger for ultimate expression. For their new show SOFT and HARD, launching at OIGÅLL PROJECTS in late September, the artist explores the sinuous layers between fabrication and the creative impulse, which Thompson aligns with a fluid, sexual energy that fuses and gels together various forms and concepts.
This impulse is seen as a dri ving force, intrinsic to the process of production and reproduction, and is made tangible in the resulting materials and forms which these forces consume and regenerate. Comprising a series of new ceramic and glass works and jacquard wall textiles, as well as a series of plinths comprised of found objects and newly made objects, Thompson embraces this concept of reproduction and production throughout the entire show. Holding on tenderly to the familiar, while embracing new forms with curiosity and hedonistic delight, Thompson continues to build upon their aesthetic vision, immersing themselves in a world of their own creation and inviting others to explore it.
This impulse is seen as a dri ving force, intrinsic to the process of production and reproduction, and is made tangible in the resulting materials and forms which these forces consume and regenerate. Comprising a series of new ceramic and glass works and jacquard wall textiles, as well as a series of plinths comprised of found objects and newly made objects, Thompson embraces this concept of reproduction and production throughout the entire show. Holding on tenderly to the familiar, while embracing new forms with curiosity and hedonistic delight, Thompson continues to build upon their aesthetic vision, immersing themselves in a world of their own creation and inviting others to explore it.
