Tom Dale is a London-based artist whose grandiose sculptures, videos and installations explore the absurd and preposterous aspects of society.
Dale works across a number of disciplines and defines himself simply as an artist who doesn’t paint. His large scale sculptures, digital images and films all play a part in a practice that is as reflective as it is reactive. Known at different times thoughout his career for cutting the leaves of a plants into squares, shooting drum kits, or making giant inflatable leather castles, he is an artist who delights in confounding our expectations, and the ways in which we make meaning.
In this artist lecture Volatile Structures, Dale discusses key works and the way in which he deals with different forms of representation. The intertwining of the personal and the political, the shifting dynamics within this and the way in which art conveys a very specific form of knowledge are just some of the areas covered.
Tom Dale’s residency was in October and November 2017. During this time he presented Terminal Blue, a part-participatory public work in Ōtautahi/Christchurch as a part of SCAPE Public Art.
