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2016, Bruton, UK         


Misery Farm



Installation Qwaypurlake, Hauser and Wirth Somerset,
Misery Farm: Arrangement Four, 2012Concrete, Hepworth brown concrete colouring, Carnauba wax, lanolin, carbon black650 x 250 x 2000 mm Details of individual works within arrangement: This is a love story, and we are the lovers, 2015Bronze, two parts150 x 150 x 200 mm(bronze coconut) I found the child not far from the house lying face down by the edge of the frozen stream, 2015Stoneware, manganese dioxide30 x 40 x 50mm(small oyster shell) A vivid emerald sheet has stretched itself across the rectangle of water that covers the polished concrete of the gallery floor. The algae flourish in the still pool, warmed gently from below. Black charred timbers float completely still upon the surface, now islands of microscopic life. The light shines jade as it passes through the plant covered window panes. Huge ferns grow down from the suspended ceiling, finding footing in the lighting tracks, dropping their spores upon the lake below. The gallery is transformed into something far more beautiful and complex than ever could have been envisaged for it.Extracted urobilin pigment, drip heads, piping, rain waterInstallation dimensions variable  (Drip work) Misery Farm: Arrangement Three, 2012Concrete, Hepworth brown concrete colouring, Carnauba wax, lanolin, carbon black200 x 250 x 3000 mm Details of individual works within arrangement: My anus is swollen, large and bruised. It reminds me of a rose, its bloom nearly over, petals wide and open and ready to fall at the slightest touch, not like the tight spring bud I remembered. 2015Kurotani #6, squirrels’ blood, pigs’ blood, lambs’ blood, oxen’s blood, porcelain, iron oxide, manganese dioxide700 x 100 x 100 mm(bone vase with paper flower) I won’t give you what you want, 2012Brighton cliff chalk60 x 60 x 100 mm(white egg) Mother and daughter asleep in the snow, 2012Stoneware, manganese dioxide60 x 60 x 100 mm(large oyster shell) Time passed, 2012-2015Cast iron, urine500 x 250 x 1000 mm(bench) Misery Farm: Arrangement Two, 2012Concrete, Hepworth brown concrete colouring, Carnauba wax, lanolin, carbon black650 x 250 x 2000 mm Details of individual works within arrangement: Silently, it wills for the petals to tumble from their stems, the candle always to keep on burning, the egg never to roll over the edge, and finally for the ice to come and take them away, 2012Lime wood, ivory bone ash, wax500 x 300 x 2000 mm(black head form) Always, your eyes upon me, 2015Porcelain, iron oxide, manganese dioxide, copper oxide, Grand Fir pinetar, stoneware(bowl and ear) Misery Farm: Arrangement One, 2012Concrete, Hepworth brown concrete colouring, Carnauba wax, lanolin, carbon black900 x 250 x 3000 mm Details of individual works within arrangement: A dark and soundless room, 2015Bruton field mud, water300 x 200 x 150 mm(wet mud yonic form) They came so suddenly, 2015Hereford beef tallow(bone shaped candles)
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All images_ Ivan Morison

Love Me or Leave Me Alone        

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Love Me or Leave Me Alone, The Very Public Art of Heather Peak and Ivan Morison presents a journey through the past decade and a half of the artists’ practice, with an emphasis on their pavilions, escape vehicles, and public artworks.  The book can be ordered from the publishers Art/Books
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