Art and Heritage Online Database

Collection: Gray's School of Art Collection; Gray's School of Art Sculpture Collection
Object Type: Sculpture
Artist/Maker: Banks, Phoebe
Date: 2018
Media/Materials: polystyrene
Dimensions: Large sculpture: 115 cm x 74 cm x 77 cm x 15 cm; small sculpture: 87 cm x 23 cm x 23 cm
Awards: RGU Contemporary Art Practice Purchase Award

Description:

PolystyRoom
Such a large proportion of life is dedicated to rationality, there is so little time for exploring the illogical or ridiculous. Art is the place to delve into these areas, with no pressures to be sensible or reasonable, or even to be interesting. This freedom to venture into the playful has allowed me to follow and exaggerate ideas that may otherwise be seen as inane.
In this case – create a family of polystyrene objects. These objects, which started merely as experiments in materiality, have developed over the past few months, and friendships based on mutual awareness have been formed. They have tentatively ventured outwith their natural habitat of the art school, forming into unassuming individuals and questioning the relationship between the art sphere and normality.
These objects are to be interacted and played with. They are not things to be cautious of due to preconceived ideas of what it means to be a bit of polystyrene.

A family of polystyrene objects.

A mother and child sculpture on wheels and a video of the artist living with the family of objects she created as an experiment which developed into one of mutual awareness and friendship. Items collected include a mother and child polystyrene form and a video charting life for the artist in the company of her polystyroom companions.

PolystyRoom

Such a large proportion of life is dedicated to rationality, there is so little time for exploring the illogical or the ridiculous. Art is the place to delve into these areas, with no pressures to be sensible or reasonable, or even be interesting. This freedom to venture into the playful has allowed me to follow and exaggerate ideas that may otherwise be seen as inane.
In this case- create a family of polystyrene objects. These objects, which started merely as experiments in materiality, have developed over the past few months, and friendships based on mutual awareness have been formed. They have tentatively ventured outwith their natural habitat of the art school, forming into unassuming individuals and questioning the relationshiop between the art sphere and normality.
These objects are to be interacted and played with. They are not things to be cautious of due to preconceived ideas of what it means to be a bit of polystyrene.

Object Number: ABDRG2018.520