Ready Grown
Installation
2004 (made)
2004 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Climbing towards the light from an overturned flowerpot, Aimee Lax’s ‘Ready Grown’ has a somewhat sinister skeletal presence. Its single shoot, though fragile and beautiful, appears to be growing with an unnatural vigour. Lax’s work raises questions about our control and manipulation of the botanical world and the artificial nature that results.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Ready Grown celebrates the everyday with the extraordinary. Out of the discarded and upturned common terracotta pot grows a deathly plant stalk that strives towards any light source. The piece can adapt and change in growth and shape depending on where it is displayed.
The porcelain used in this sculpture is highly symbolic of nature, representing strength and fragility, mortality and purity. The found garden pot is a ready-made. This piece fuses some of my favourite themes in modern sculpture, mainly Arte Povera, with the more traditional skills used in many ceramic making processes.
Aimee Lax 2007
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Ready Grown celebrates the everyday with the extraordinary. Out of the discarded and upturned common terracotta pot grows a deathly plant stalk that strives towards any light source. The piece can adapt and change in growth and shape depending on where it is displayed.
The porcelain used in this sculpture is highly symbolic of nature, representing strength and fragility, mortality and purity. The found garden pot is a ready-made. This piece fuses some of my favourite themes in modern sculpture, mainly Arte Povera, with the more traditional skills used in many ceramic making processes.
Aimee Lax 2007
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 27 parts.
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| Title | Ready Grown (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, slip-cast, and found terracotta flowerpot |
| Brief description | 'Ready Grown', porcelain, flower pot, Aimee Lax, 2004 |
| Physical description | The work takes the form of an installation, and is composed of sequence of porcelain sections that slot into one another forming a structure akin to the stem of a plant. The first and lowest porcelain piece slotting into the hole in an upturned terracotta flower pot. The porcelain sections are made by the artist, while the pot is a found object. The overall dimensions of the work are variable. |
| Dimensions | Dimensions variable. |
| Marks and inscriptions | None |
| Gallery label | Aimee Lax (born 1977)
‘Ready Grown’
2004
Climbing towards the light from an overturned
flowerpot, Aimee Lax’s ‘Ready Grown’ has a
somewhat sinister skeletal presence. Its single
shoot, though fragile and beautiful, appears to
be growing with an unnatural vigour. Lax’s work
raises questions about our control and
manipulation of the botanical world and the
artificial nature that results.
Made at the Royal College of Art, London
Porcelain, slip-cast, and found terracotta flowerpot
Museum no. C.81:1 to 27-2007
Acquired through the generosity of Gerard and Sarah Griffin(18/09/2009) |
| Credit line | Acquired through the generosity of Gerard and Sarah Griffin |
| Production | Made at the Royal College of Art, London |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Climbing towards the light from an overturned flowerpot, Aimee Lax’s ‘Ready Grown’ has a somewhat sinister skeletal presence. Its single shoot, though fragile and beautiful, appears to be growing with an unnatural vigour. Lax’s work raises questions about our control and manipulation of the botanical world and the artificial nature that results. ARTIST STATEMENT: Ready Grown celebrates the everyday with the extraordinary. Out of the discarded and upturned common terracotta pot grows a deathly plant stalk that strives towards any light source. The piece can adapt and change in growth and shape depending on where it is displayed. The porcelain used in this sculpture is highly symbolic of nature, representing strength and fragility, mortality and purity. The found garden pot is a ready-made. This piece fuses some of my favourite themes in modern sculpture, mainly Arte Povera, with the more traditional skills used in many ceramic making processes. Aimee Lax 2007 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.81:1 to 27-2007 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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