David Hayes
Restoration
Restoration
Year: 2024
Size: 153 x 153cm
synthetic polymer paint and resin on aluminium composite
A nation can never be defeated if they hold their culture and spirit in their heart. The same is true of individuals. This work addresses this notion on both levels.
When faced with destruction of what once was, one may discard and submit, or rebuild and unify the parts, to make something more meaningful and with more character than what came before.
This reflects a personal event of my own but may also be applied to any number of invaded, displaced or dissociated populations in current global conflicts.
The vase is often a vessel used to depict a home or a womb from which life is nurtured. It acts as a metaphor and from it spring hope in the form of violets.
The process of making this was deliberately as important as the finished piece. It required personally breaking vases of significance and painstakingly planning and determining how to rebuild a new object. The finished work is a part of a larger body of work.
- David Hayes, 2025
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