BIOGRAPHY
Alice Walton makes large architectural, site-specific objects that occupy space in such a way as to force the viewer into a particular relationship with both the work and the gallery. Meticulously produced out of materials such as standard cardboard, un-sawn timber or plasterboard, the method of construction remains visible, lending the work an almost decorative quality that belies its mundane provenance.
Exhibited on or contained within these structures are found images taken from books or, in some cases, the books themselves. In each instance the image has been erased or interrupted, over run by the construction, cut out or concealed beneath coloured tape. With only the edges of the original image and the odd flash of recognition, we are left to consider the void left by her marks and the relationship between what’s left behind and what's missing.
Walton's practice opens up questions of expectation, recognition, and frustration; challenging us to question the gaps that arise between our assumptions and the reality we’re then presented with.
PRESS RELEASES
That Was A Good Day, Five Years, 2009
One Thing Against Another, Aspex Gallery, 2008
Model As You Would Carve, Five Years, 2008