The Effigy Series, 2016
'Nothing's Going to Change My World' is Alex Seton's newest body of work that uses a corrupted form of traditional memorial statuary and sculptural installation to create monuments to an uncertain future.
From carved marble effigies these mixed media pieces, the works take a gentle sardonic sci-fi look at expressions of a nervous world in prognostication, proselytizing, punditry and doomsayers.
Central in the the body of work is 'The Prophet'; a formal portrait bust of the helmet of a hazmat suit, and the ‘Effigy Series’ a factory produced generic marble religious statue reworked for the western religious market, deconstructed and carved by the artist to reveal its bleached and hollowed insides . This narrative driven body of work ultimately reflects upon a changing world with an optimism in the resourcefulness of human nature.
Robes of the effigy, 2016
Imperial white, found object
The Messenger, 2016
Imperial white, found object, flare
37 x 40 x 77 cm
Plinth of the effigy, 2016
Imperial white, found object
30 x 37 x 63 cm
Hem of the effigy, 2016
Imperial white marble
33 x 27 x 15 cm
Hem of the effigy, 2016
Imperial white marble
33 x 27 x 15 cm
Beard of the effigy, 2016
Imperial white marble
10 x 16 x 7 cm
Messiah complex, 2016
Molong marble
20 x 46 x 46 cm
Staff of the effigy, 2016
found sculpture, stainless steel
198 x 48 x 40 cm
After B612, 2016
Badiglio Marble, Bonsai tree and plastic
45 x 27 x 37 cm
The prophet, 2016
Pisanino marble, Belgian black marble, plastic
50 x 48 x 38 cm
The Message, 2016
Photographic print; Image by Mark Pokorny