Fred Connor

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2D cardboard, blonde woman reaching up to eat pink, 3D, plaster flower

Girl Eating Flower (close up), 2022. Cardboard, lining paper, paper, modrock, wire. Approx. 3 x 2.5 x 3m

Bio

My work is silly and serious, exploring interconnection, attention and love as a way to approach both interpersonal and environmental issues. The silliness and naivety in my work is a way of opening the door to bigger issues presented or processed through the work such as climate change and grief. The silliness further allows for a new approach to these issues to be found as it is uninhibited by existing norms. I use simple, accessible materials to create fantasy worlds to explore potential alternatives for the real world. Together the silliness and materials show an ease of creation in contrast to fixed structures and huge issues.

Image showing 'Tiny Horse' and 'Girl Eating Flower' pieces side by side at the degree show.

'Tiny Horse' (left), 2022. Air dry clay horse on wooden plinth. Approx 7 x 7 x 140cm 'Girl Eating Flower' (right), 2022. Cardboard, lining paper, paper, modrock, wire. Approx. 3 x 2.5 x 3m

Girl Eating Flower (close up), 2022. Cardboard, lining paper, paper, modrock, wire. Approx. 3 x 2.5 x 3m

Feet of Girl Eating flower, with the paper grass and cardboard hills visible in the foreground and background.

Girl Eating Flower (close up), 2022. Cardboard, lining paper, paper, modrock, wire. Approx. 3 x 2.5 x 3m

Close up of Tiny Horse on plinth with purple lighting

Tiny Horse (close up), 2022. Air dry clay horse on wooden plinth. Approx 7 x 7 x 140cm

Tiny white clay horse on a tall, skinny plinth

Tiny Horse, 2022. Air dry clay horse on wooden plinth. Approx 7 x 7 x 140cm

They had never met before (at the beach). Two pink heads floating on a reflective puddle staring wide eyed at each other

They had never met before (at the beach), 2022. Acrylic paint, foil, modrock, paper, pen, wire. 163 x 141 x 16cm

Close up of pink, bald, modrock head appearing to be half submerged in a reflective pool

They had never met before (at the beach), 2022. Acrylic paint, foil, modrock, paper, pen, wire. 163 x 141 x 16cm

Clay, conjoined angel, embracing and kissing each other whilst stood on a plaster cloud.

Angel (kissing self), 2021. Airdry clay, acrylic paint, modrock, wire. 43 x 39 x 18cm

A clay angel head picking its nose on a plaster cloud with a reflective gold background.

Angel (picking nose), 2021. Air dry clay, acrylic paint, modrock, wire. 43 x 23 x 18cm

Three white horses paused on top of a white plaster cliff. The style is naive, with flowers growing up into the sky and amongst the stars and clouds suspended above.

Horses on Cliff, 2021. Airdry clay, modrock, plaster, ribbon, wool, wire. Approx. 200 x 200 x 90cm. In Spare Rib - Paradise lost, The Caves February 2022

Close up of 'Horses on Cliff' showing the stems of the white flowers and the horses at the edge of the cliff and single star hung low enough to be visible.

Horses on Cliff, 2021. Airdry clay, modrock, plaster, ribbon, wool, wire. Approx. 200 x 200 x 90cm. In Spare Rib - Paradise lost, The Caves February 2022