Room: The Library
In this series of printed silkscreens, Stephens captures specific places within Scandinavia that offer the viewer a sense of wellbeing through the fragility of nature. Using black and white photography as the starting point, Stephens’ creates an awareness of our place within the natural world reminding us to be attentive to the minute details, to lead responsibly and to be respectful.
In Freeze Thaw II, a yellow geometric form is printed over a large block of ice, a far cry from the natural colour associated with glaciers.
In Hval Island, the artist depicts a small island in Norway famous for the migration of whales in the area.
In The Lookout, the artist highlights a small lodge nestled at the bottom of a Norwegian Fjord.
The rhomboid forms in the images of Norway, make reference to the molecular structure of the mineral Ilmenite found in the underlying rock type. Stephens’ application of colour invites the viewer to consider how nature offers us a visual language and shapes the colours we see.
Silkscreen; Ed of 30
2016
Amy Stephens
Artist info
Multidisciplinary artist, Amy Stephens, trained at Chelsea College of Art, London and the University of Reading, UK. Her work takes inspiration from the natural landscape and places conflicting geological objects together, forcing them to form a new habitat.
Sculptural assemblages later emerge from a diverse range of media including wood, metal and fabric. The artist continually returns to reuses materials, resisting the fluidity of nature’s endless cycles. This process is built upon preservation and sustainability, principles at the heart of her practice.
Everything is carefully considered, sourced and chosen to create a precise balance and specific narrative. Recent explorations are rooted within the structure’s materiality offering relationships between the landscape, architecture and sculpture offering the viewer site-specific communicative landscapes.