Sarah Bird

@sj8ird Sarah Bird

Sarah Bird’s collages are made up of photographs of domestic surroundings that have been fragmented, digitally distorted and re-composed as abstract artworks. They follow the tradition of artists meditating upon the theme of ‘home’, re-imagined for the digital age. They explore architecture and community: the places we inhabit and share. Bird uses veils of vivid colour to blend real with imagined, making the familiar, alien. Windows and doorways are common motifs that mark thresholds, the liminal points of boundary and change. The weave of a curtain dissolves into pixels; the view through a window reveals nothing. Bird is drawn to things that show traces of human action over time: the layers of paint and wallpaper, or imprints on a bedsheet. These are symbolic of narratives becoming distorted, entrenched and even oppressive over time. They reflect the fragmented way in which we pass on and take in information in the digital age. Sarah Bird studied at Goldsmith’s College and lives and works

in London. She exhibits regularly and her work is held in private collections in the UK and USA. Her work has been used on an album cover for Japanese artist Brockbeats and she has been shortlisted for the Apthorp Prize.

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Size: 20 x 20 x 2cm

FourWalls

Size: 100 x 70 x 3cm