ALEXIS RAGO: CHAOS CONTAINED

摘要

Chaos Contained is a touring exhibition that originated at the National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford and brings to Farnham new work by the artist Alexis Rago. Primarily clay, the exhibition includes photography, video, digital lighting effects, and sound - the latter, as Rago explains in the accompanying documentary, to cohabit and inform the genesis of the sculptures. Rago is 'fascinated with the origins of life and how culture has developed over time... and our place in the universe'. Despite working in a range of media, he is drawn to clay's primeval and transformative power, 'its ability to take on textures, forms, meanings'. Coupled with his earlier studies in biology, the material enables him to grapple with ontology and biology.