Sculpture/Installations
Phyllis Ewen layers ‘found’ text and illustrations from scientific textbooks with sculptural elements of cast latex to create a three-fold visual language: object, written word, and mathematics.
With her whimsical beakers, funnels and tubes, she explores notions of containment: filling, emptying, pouring, and holding. Ewen’s texts are fragmentary, each chosen for its emotional resonance and reference to the human body; their meanings remain elusive. Some pieces playfully reference environmental issues, specifically the gas and oil pipelines threatening our water supply.
With her whimsical beakers, funnels and tubes, she explores notions of containment: filling, emptying, pouring, and holding. Ewen’s texts are fragmentary, each chosen for its emotional resonance and reference to the human body; their meanings remain elusive. Some pieces playfully reference environmental issues, specifically the gas and oil pipelines threatening our water supply.
