Hole by Ed Elliott – £1,200

‘Hole’ is part of one of Ed Elliott’s oldest series of work, originally exploring loss and what that can mean. The first works began removing holes from a series of objects, resulting in them loosing their function. A glass no longer held water or wine. A dictionary lost a collection of words. As soon as this was applied to the figure, a very obvious aesthetic it changed the work completely. There has been a series of figurative works in this series developing a narrative of what it feels like to have something missing and what happens with that void over time.

This specific piece stated life as a wooden original (sold to a private collection) and the cast edition has translated beautifully with a striking detail.