Eva Drewett

Description

Eva Drewett writes: 'The human persona changes according to how we are treated by others. Our character is constantly changing depending on whom we are reacting to. We naturally react to impulses evoked by others. Our behavioural patterns are forever altering like a kaleidoscope. This piece focuses on just one image of that kaleidoscope. The exterior is human but asexual - the back has been distorted slightly so that it is impossible to determine sex. The interior is symbolic of one image of our kaleidoscopic nature'.

The Human Side of Being has been made in three versions: a smaller piece in an edition of eight in bronze; The Human Side of Being II, an edition of four monumental bronzes, the first of which is on display at Hat Hill Copse; and another version made in ceramic which Eva Drewett says she completed after several failures, having wanted to make the work in a medium other than bronze. The textures of the inner and outer surfaces provide contrasts similar to those in the bronze versions.