Su Melo

Su Melo : sculpture in an arboretum, corresponding with the chestnut and the walnut trees, chatting with the sun, the rain and the wind, with the birds, the squirls, listening, shivering, whispering the chance encounters with leaves and branches. It’s a very physical object, essentially human, a body of bodies, skin, hints of limbs, bellies and backs and faces, fading into the walls or coming to the fore, eyes and ears, channels between outside and inside. The quiet, secluded space, open and closed, gives the odd sensation of shutting out the world to better let it in – the mediating ceramic trunk, cave, hideaway, sheltering and welcoming all life. Perhaps with time, mosses or moulds will adorn the throne, algae and other organisms might grow on the work’s surface, inviting it to blend in, creature among creatures, and yet remain this puzzling, pensive visitor making itself at home.