I investigate the site or environment for which I am to create a

work; a public urban or natural, interior or exterior place, a

museum or a gallery.

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For inspiration I look to the unexpected locations or methods of

presenting the work, research the place’s history, folklore, its

surrounding current and past architecture and/or topography,

contextually related materials and objects.

Following this investigation through a process of reflection,

I come to an appreciation and understanding of the site which

helps me develop an image which is at once dream-like yet

familiar, poetically meaningful, and conceptually intriguing;

unleashing a hidden life and unexpected history in the

commonplace.

metered greowth imageVia assemblage, an attention to detail

and fine craftsmanship, a versatile use

of materials and juxtaposition, I create

works which make the improbable

appear plausible, while challenging

expected notions of how we

perceive and interact

with the environment.

The resulting pieces, in effect, take on an identity, a personal,

and often previously unimagined history, until they are

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Brian Goggin

Brian Goggin, December, 1998