Cry Me a River - by Emma Elliott (Catalogue)

BOXED IN (TURTLE) 15 x 25 X 18 CM BRECCIA D’ORATO MARBLE

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‘Cry Me a River’ is a solo exhibition by Emma Elliott about heartbreak, that weaves together the emotional threads of love’s labour’s lost. The centre piece is an oversized human heart marble sculpture that Elliott carved as a personal challenge after separating from a signi cant relationship and navigating the rollercoaster of a new one. From this carrara marble heart a series of miniature slip cast stoneware versions evolved, dubbed the ‘Don’t Ask’ series. Each delicate heart was shattered and repaired using a modern interpretation of the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi; where broken pottery is carefully restored using gold - a symbolic representation of fracture and healing. The shattering of the hearts is recorded on lm, in painstaking slow motion, echoing the fragility of the human condition. Elliott invites you in to sit on the sob sofa and rock it out to your favourite tunes.

SUNNIES, 2023 85 X 45X 5 CM PINK MARBLE ,STEEL

DON’T ASK SERIES 28 X 16CM STONEWARE, 24KT GOLD 1/8

SPEECH BUBBLES, 2023 30 X 30CM CARRARA MARBLE, ACRYLIC

SPIN HEAD, 2015 157 x 27 x 27CM BRONZE 1/5 POA

EMOJIS , 2023 25 x 25 x 3cm CARRARA MARBLE Series 1/9

STILL FROM VIDEO CATHARTIC, 2023 1:55 NFT 1/20

SPEECH BUBBLES, 2023 30 X 30CM CARRARA MARBLE, ACRYLIC Series 1/9

STONE HEART, 2022 50 X 30 X 30CM CARRARA MARBLE 2022

BOXED-IN (WHALE), 2018 20 x 8 x 8cm Breccia Medicea Marble

SUNNIES, 2023 65 X 25X 4 CM PINK MARBLE ,STEEL £7500

MACULATE, 2023 50 X 70 X 5CM CARRARA MARBLE

Boxed-in (whale), 2018 20 x 8 x 8cm BRECCIA MEDICEA MARBLE

SUNNIES, 2023 40 X 80 X 80 CM PINK MARBLE ,STEEL

BOXED-IN (WHALE), 2018 STONE 2022 20 x 8 xHEART, 8cm X 30 X 30CM Breccia Medicea50 Marble

CARRARA MARBLE 2022

EMOJIS , 2023 Dancers Solo 25 x 25 x 3cm 100 x 120cm MARBLE OIL ON CANVAS, ALUMINIUMCARRARA LEAF, 24KT GOLD £4,500

DON’T ASK SERIES 28 X 16CM STONEWARE, 24KT GOLD 1/8

BOXED IN (TURTLE) 15 x 25 X 18 CM BRECCIA D’ORATO MARBLE

MACULATE, 2023 50 X 70 X 5CM CARRARA MARBLE

BOXED-IN (WHALE), 2018 20 x 8 x 8cm Breccia Medicea Marble

A WING AND A PRAYER, 2022 65 X 25X 4 CM CARRARA MARBLE AND NEON TUBING £7500

SOB SOFA, 2023 (DIARY, GIN, MUSIC, CHOCOLATE) A5

BOXED-IN (WHALE), 2018 20 x 8 x 8cm Breccia Medicea Marble

WINGS, 2021 4 X 16 X 23CM ONYX

Emma Elliott is a British artist whose central themes look at the impermanence and fragility of the natural world - and the transitory nature of human existence. Working primarily across sculpture, Elliott explores relationships between the re ned and the primitive and the physical and the spiritual; examining the human condition from up close and from afar, honing in on minute anatomical and psychological details and broadly surveying the in uences of our collective past on present behaviour, often in the same piece. The destruction of habitats and ecosystems, our incongruities and hypocrisies and the back-and-forth between enlightened advancements in human evolution and devolution into animalistic behaviour, are all that's played out in Elliott’s artworks. For her, art is a way of exploring that which is instinctive and that which is learnt. With a classical training in painting and gurative sculpture both in the UK and Italy, Elliott’s work hangs in the balance between the classic and the contemporary, the devastating and the ridiculous. She believes art has a duty to wrestle with society and its elements of rigidity.

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Boxed-in (whale), 2018 20 x 8 x 8cm BRECCIA MEDICEA MARBLE

CRY ME A RIVER A S O L O S H OW B Y E M M A E L L I OT T

THE MUSE GALLERY 269 Portobello Rd, London W11 1LR Show runs from 2 - 26 November 2023 Thursday to Sunday 12 - 6pm

Price List Sunnies, Pink Marble, 40 x 80 x 80cm, 2023 - £7,500 A Wing and A Prayer, 83 x 77, Carrara marble, neon, 2022 - £7,500 Stone Heart, Carrara Marble, 50 x 30 x 30cm, 2022 - £6,500 Don’t Ask Series, 28 x 16cm, Stoneware with 24 carat Gold, 2023 - £695 each (from right to left) BFF, The Unrequited, A Sorry Saga, The Inbetweener, The Unconsented,We had a Song, Could’a Should’a, I didn’t cheat. Speech bubbles, Carrara marble and acrylic, 30 x 30cm, Series 1/9, 2023 - Set £6,600, Individual £1,200, CRAY CRAY, WTF, LOL, GTFO, OMG, FFS . Sob Sofa - Diary proceeds go to the Samaritans - £bid Marble tables 40 x 50 x 60 cm, 2022 - £1500 each Cathartic, Video Performance, NFT 1:55, 2023 -available online via https://www.seditionart.com/emma-elliott Emojis, Carrara marble and acrylic, 25 x 25cm, 2023, series 1/9 - Set £5400 | Individual £1000 Wings, onyx, 23 x 16 x 3cm, 2021 - £2500 Maculate, Carrara marble, 50 x 70 x 5cm, 2023 - £9000

Artist website | https://www.emmaelliott.com/ | @emmaelliottart.

Gallery website | https://www.themuseat269.com/ | @muse_at_269

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Cry Me a River - by Emma Elliott (Catalogue)

Published on Nov 9, 2023

The Muse Gallery

2-26 November 2023, The Muse Gallery, 269 Portobello Road, W11 1LR, London ‘Cry Me a River’ is an exhibition about heartbreak, weaving together emotional threads that evoke love’s labour’s lost. The center piece is a marble sculpture that Elliott carved as a personal challenge after separating from a significant relationship and navigating the rollercoaster of a new one. From this oversized carrara marble heart a series of miniature stoneware versions evolved, dubbed the ‘Don’t Ask’ series. These delicate miniature hearts that compose the series, are made from slip cast stoneware. Each heart was shattered and repaired using a modern interpretation of the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi; where broken pottery is carefully restored using gold - a symbolic representation of fracture and healing. The shattering of the hearts is recorded on film, in painstaking slow motion, echoing the fragility of the human condition. Elliott invites you in to sit on the sob sofa and rock it out to your favorite tunes.