Both the reference to the traditions of American minimalism as well as the deregulation of spacial collocations and physical laws are also central to the work of Virginia Overton. Overton uses predominantly found objects to make sculptures and installations. She collects the materials in proximity to exhibition spaces but also in her daily life. This process of gathering serves as an important part of her practice as it acts as a recording of her environment, its material consistence and architectural characteristics. In the exhibition space or the studio, these materials are manipulated by simple interventions both subjective as well as formal. Manipulation in this context is addressed in the sense that the original function of the individual found pieces is mostly being bypassed – elements as they serve often as support and stabilization in building and engineering are put in unlikely situations for example by tension or compression. New systems are created, testing gravity and force.
Freymond-Guth Fine Arts
