David Cooper 'War Hed'

“There are acts of terror that can’t
be ignored or cleared from the mind.
The ‘War Hed’ series came about after
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In this series
destruction is the making. Clay, a simple
medium from the ground, moulded with
taped hands, and bitten, to sculpt these
brutal yet fragile forms. Biting the clay
was like an act of unarmed survival.
Some of these forms are shown in their
raw state and others have already been
cast in to bronze. The permanence
of molten metal imbuing further to an
intended poetic.”
David Cooper, 2023
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