Pippin Blackwell: The Worry Room

Overview

When you visit Artisan's latest exhibition, you'll be greeted with plenty of familiar faces. They're all individually sculpted, and they're all made by the same hand. More than that, they all wear a range of expressions that you'll undoubtedly recognise — expressions of grief, stress, concern, uncertainty, unhappiness and all-round anxiety.

In The Worry Room, Pippin Blackwell has designed a gallery of woe, although the artist's intentions are empathic rather than bleak. With 400 sculptures included in the overall display, it addresses the feelings of unease that everyone experiences in different ways and at different times. Stare at each face, and you'll stare at the emotions that have coursed through your veins, reflecting on how they make you feel and what they represent.

Free to attend, The Worry Room exhibits in Artisan's Small Object Space until Friday, November 2.

Image: Pippin Blackwell, untitled, 2018, polymer clay. Courtesy of the artist.