Kate McLeod

Reformer brings a temporary and precariously built sculpture made of raw clay into the gallery space through a life-sized photograph. The photograph is clamped on a cobbled together structure echoing the improvisational nature of the work. The original sculpture has since been toppled, destroyed, the materials gathered and reused. The sculpture depicts a woman posed as a contested statue, the head replaced by a block of clay loosely rendered. The sculpture challenges the tradition of a fixed commemorative statue and proposesde-plinthing existing contested statues. Placing statues on the ground is a radically simple move, allowing us to confront our history at eye level.