World renowned for their low cost, east of production and thermal properties fired clay bricks are something that interests Andrew Burton greatly, he finds they are an underrated material for creating sculptures. Placed in various locations his work offers various interpretations. Burton’s interest in how people leave their mark on the landscape, and in recycling and reclaiming, the bricks seem to be ideal.
After undertaking a project in deli in 2006, named ‘sculptures from a land of ants and bees’ Burton worked with bamboo and ladder workers, traditional craft workers, to create sculptures using the reclaimed bricks. After noticing that some of the bricks still held the traditional colour of the Brahman houses. He experimented on the notion of the evidence of a previous incarnation.
Burton invites the viewer to investigate the notion of fragility and changeability of existence. By looking at these transitory structures we are reminded of the notion of being temporary. Each structure building on the last but encompassing the visual traces of existence of the last. Each sculpture looks at past memories and fragility.