Alex Plumb

Havana Green (2014)

2 min 30 secSingle channel / 3 channel installation / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

“What initially appear to be three photographic images all contain some movement. There are no obvious connections between the images but we search for some logic but as the artist notes the work aims for a moment that continuously fails to arrive.”

John Daly-Peoples

    Other works by Alex Plumb

    A split screen of a person on all fours on a lawn. The left hand shot is from underneath their body. The right is from above the lawn.
    Alex Plumb

    Hard Body (2014)

    A figure crouches over a lawn ripping out handfuls of grass.

    Hard Body
    A 3 screen image of domestic scenes, 2 are inside dark living rooms. The middle of someones legs standing on a lawn.
    Alex Plumb

    Ivy Blue (2014)

    Psychological interplay between the subject depicted, the site of performance, and how the work unfolds in interaction with the viewer.

    Ivy Blue
    An elderly woman wearing a pink fluffy shawl lies in a bed of fake roses.
    Alex Plumb

    Elena (2017)

    In a series of tableaux, scenes of fantasy, domesticity and religion overlap.

    Elena
    A close-up of a young man with his eyes closed in pleasure, he is cast in a deep blue light.
    Alex Plumb

    Golden Boy (2019)

    A single day in the life of David, a young man caught between domesticity and a fantastical imagination of self-hood

    Golden Boy
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