Identity of Shadows

My sculpture takes the human form as its starting point and tool. I draw from classical sculptural approaches and crafts, in the manipulation and experimentation of less usual materials.
– Lucy Glendinning

The artist’s fascination with “a society of the future” can be seen in the work Feather Child. The children materialize the questions in which the artist wonders whether we, in a world where our genetics can be freely manipulated, will be able to resist changes in our physical conditions. The feathered body recalls one of Greek mythology’s most classic tales of human fragility and hubris: the fate of Icarus. How far can we drive our progress before everything collapses? In the series The Ghost in my machine, Glendinning lets the sculptures give shape to the human subconscious and how she in different mental states perceives her own body. But also, and more often from how other people perceive their bodies in different mental states, and moods, through a series of ongoing conversations, and research. The series is a commentary on ancient sculptures where the idealized human body manifests strength both physically and mentally. In the works, the human body has been distorted and taken the form of the sculpturally draped textiles found in the classical sculptures of antiquity. In contrast to antiquity, the undulating forms in Glendinning’s sculptures instead expose the reflection of human vulnerability