“The origin of this work [for Bolton] was a photography project with the intention to find poses with strong shapes that could be viewed as parts of a series – either a series of movements or a system of symbols, a kind of semi-semiotic archive of shapes.

During lockdown, the photographs were reworked into patterns in two- and three dimensions. The pillars are also a play on Caryatids, greek pillars shaped as women working hard to hold up the roof.

I wanted to see the work filling a room, a kind of gesamtkunstwerk, where the bodies in the patterns were the same size as the people looking at them. I was very excited to get this opportunity to exhibit in the Small House Gallery, where it is possible to play with the scale. 

The work has also been placed in a virtual space to make it possible to experience the work in another unusual environment. 

http://johannabolton.com/3dGallery/gallerylight.html

(The virtual exhibition must be viewed on a laptop or desktop. It is best to use Chrome if possible. The upload can take up to one minute, which feels longer than it sounds. Once it has uploaded, use the mouse to move your view, and the arrows to move around the space.)“

~Johanna Bolton