Marianne Le Gallo

I grew up in a Parisian suburb, spending my summer holidays with my Granny in rural Galloway. Perhaps because of this dual heritage, I am predisposed to question boundaries and neat categorisations. My work sits somewhere on the art & craft spectrum and fluctuates between figuration and abstraction. I am interested in the connection between intellectual & manual activity & societal values (often hierarchical) placed on those activities. I am also interested in historical (frequently gendered) demarcations between sensory (embodied) and intellectual (disembodied) responses to the human condition. I question boundaries between art/craft/design. Context & functionality often determines an object’s place. Mostly to do with functionality/lack thereof, materials used and presentational space. Objects can straddle traditional object type boundaries.

There is a significant amount of waste in the production of fine art objects, using environmentally unfriendly materials. I tend to use materials which can be recycled/reused/repurposed.