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Press Release for Svar Simpson at Cyberia

"Recent Work"

May 6th - June 23rd 1996 at Cyberia, Whitfield Street

by Svar Simpson

The processes of sculpture are likened to ritual and alchemy by artist Svar
Simpson, and the end results are  enchanting.

Svar's sculptures are inspired by cultures that revere objects for their
transformative power, as well as their beauty and the skill with which they
are crafted.

Many of her works allude to animal and human dieties. 'Cat Yogi' is a
sensual, anthropormophic personality which embodies the animal feted by the
ancient Pharoahs for its magical powers and the bare-chested androgen
beholding all in buddha-like meditation.

'Naja', a large coiled serpent, "the reconcilor of opposites", trancends
its ancestors. Erect and proud,
it's form conveys a flourish of sensuality and power, both foreign and
familiar.

Svar studied at the Chelsea and Central Schools of Art, and is a versatile
exponent of sculptural techniques, equally at ease with wood, plaster,
bronze or perspex.
Her works are to be found in private collections all over the world .She
has exhibited at venues as varied as the Royal Academy of Arts to Islington
Green where her painted perspex hearts adorned the  trees in the park for
her public commission 'Tree of Hearts'.

Her latest piece, shown for the first time in Cyberia, plays with light and
colour, a painted perspex  collage hangs glistening. Also on show will be
recent two-dimensional collages on paper which use media images  of nebulae
and  other cosmic phenomina as a starting point for striiking drawings in
inks.

Despite this versatility and experimentation with new media, a constant
theme runs through her output, as Svar herself explains:

"My work has prevoiusly been mainly figarative, now it' tends more towards
abstract forms. At times the art is driven by an almost child-like vital
energy, at others by a deeper more spiritual force. My main motivation is a
desire to materialise the invisible aspects of human experience."

Lateral Arts is pleased to be promoting Svar Simpson who lives and works in
East London, as part of their own initiative to bring more British artists
to attention through the Internet.  

Rhian Beynon.

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