Woody De Othello
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Woody De Othello (b. 1991) is a Miami-born, California-based artist whose subject matter spans household objects, bodily features, and the natural world. Everyday artifacts of the domestic tables, chairs, television remotes, telephone receivers, lamps, air purifiers, et cet era\\u2014are anthropomorphized in glazed ceramic, bronze, wood, and glass. Othello\\u2019s sense of humor manifests across his work in visual puns and cartoonish figuration. \\u201cI choose objects that are already very human,\\u201d says Othello. \\u201cThe objects mimic actions that humans perform; they\\u2019re extensions of our own actions. We use phones to speak and to listen, clocks to tell time, vessels to hold things, and our bodies are indicators of all of those.\\u201d Othello\\u2019s scaled-up representations of these objects often slump over, overcome with gravity, as if exhausted by their own use. This sophisticated gravitational effect is a central formal challenge in his work. Informed by his own Haitian ancestry, Othello takes interest in the supernatural objects of Vodou folklore, nkisi figures, and other animist artifacts that inspire him.
Woody\'s work is part of epic new group show at Hayward Gallery, London: Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art runs from 26 Oct 2022 \\u2013\\u2060 8 Jan 2023.
Learm more here: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/art-exhibitions/strange-clay-ceramics-contemporary-art
Follow @WoodyOthello on Instagram and his official website: http://woodyothello.com/
Special thanks to @Hayward.Gallery and Karma NY and Jessica Silverman, SF.
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