Russell Hill’s sculptures are responses to contemporary objects selected for their precise nature and presence in popular culture.
If you’re a western civilian and haven’t been living under a rock for the past twenty years, you’ll surely be familiar with the objects in which his pieces consist of.
What makes Russell’s work so attractive is the fact they’re made up of only one or two key elements which are playful, yet constructed in such a careful manner that they become so clinical and systematic. Their original function is still prominent, yet through the articulation of materials, Russell transforms their familiarity into something more sophisticated and so the object is made redundant and becomes a piece of Art in its own right.
