Daniel Clifford: Wherever they put you and wherever I'll be

Grounded in the premise that no event occurs in isolation, Clifford’s practice examines the unpredictable intersections of events that shape both objects and lives. These intersections, whether positive, negative and/or entirely ambivalent, imprint upon, around and within us and become essential to personal and collective narratives.

In Wherever They Place You, and Wherever I May Be, Clifford brings together works created from exploded bronze castings and monoprints on paper, printed with the support and assistance of Chris Hagen at Grey Hand Press. The compromised sheaths shaped by force, collapse and chance serve as tools of indexical mark-making, capturing moments of not only destruction but transformation. In his work, rupture becomes a catalyst for redirection, leading to new paths and understandings that have emerged from these collisions.

Clifford embraces the tragicomic and imperfect, urging viewers to reflect on the complexities surrounding us, the tensions we experience and the ever-shifting forces that shape who we are. In these works, rupture is not an end, it is a catalyst, a point of redirection — a new path spiralling out from collision.

Daniel Clifford, originally from New Zealand, currently serves as the Artistic Associate for Visual Arts at Metro Arts and Creative Lead at iAM Projects. He is the former Principal of Art + Design at UAP and holds a distinguished professional standing within the art community.