Tim Noble (b.1966) is a British artist who established his reputation in the 90’s working with his former partner Sue Webster. They rose to prominence making abstract shadow sculptures assembled from household rubbish, scrap metal and taxidermy animals. By shining light onto these assemblages they transform into highly accurate shadow profiles of the artists.
In Noble's latest body of solo work, the technical virtuosic skill has been redirected to times past; back so far in fact, as to touch upon wall reliefs more commonly found in ancient Egypt, Assyria and other Middle Eastern cultures than in today's modes of contemporary art.
The artist has manifested these beings, in their rawest state, from the realm of frozen subjectivity that initially poured from the sluice of the mind's eye, through his fingertips, manipulated in clay until they crystallised into reconcilable imagery.
Initially, modelled on top of cheap boards of plywood in a version of 3D doodling, the panels took shape gradually over months. Eventually, they became filled with visions-the mistakes and doubt morphed into definitive human and animal like explorations. As one piece filled, another took its place until the boards began to literately haemorrhage with detail.