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Patricia VolkSlide by Patricia Volk - Abstract ceramic sculpture, painted clay, blue2025
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Slide is a work by British artist Patricia Volk. Dimensions are 32 × 50 × 7 cm (12.6 × 19.7 × 2.8 in). It is a unique signed piece and comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
In this artwork, Patricia Volk employs a striking three-color palette that amplifies the sculpture’s visual and emotional impact: a vivid aquamarine defines the outer form, a radiant neon red-orange illuminates the inner curve, and a deep cobalt blue traces the elongated base. Together, these contrasting hues create a sense of internal energy pulsing through the form.
Volk’s practice centers on the dialogue between form and color. Working primarily with clay—her material of choice—she begins by cutting and shaping individual pieces in search of what she calls the “perfect line”: one that embodies both simplicity and dynamism. Each element is fired separately before being assembled into a cohesive, balanced structure. As the artist explains, “There is no pre-thought at all, it either works or it does not. There is such simplicity in a good line that it is completely underestimated, because it is so incredibly difficult […] but so aesthetically pleasing.”
The vibrant hues are applied with acrylic paint, in reference to the American tradition of painted fired clay. Volk chooses her color combinations intuitively yet with precision, creating subtle tensions and harmonies. The contrast between the cool aquamarine and the unexpected burst of red-orange from within accentuates the sculpture’s flowing movement and elegant asymmetry. Through this interplay of color and form, Volk explores dualities—strength and fragility, balance and instability, weight and lightness—inviting a shifting emotional response from the viewer.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors (FRSS) and an Academician of the Royal West of England Academy (RWA), Patricia Volk has earned recognition for her distinctive approach to contemporary sculpture. Her work was recently featured in 50 Women Sculptors, alongside renowned artists such as Camille Claudel, Barbara Hepworth, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Louise Bourgeois.
- Creator:Patricia Volk (1951, British)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 12.6 in (32 cm)Width: 19.69 in (50 cm)Depth: 2.76 in (7 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Paris, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU803117047362
Patricia Volk
Patricia Volk’s abstract sculptures are born from the unique combination of two elements, namely form and colour. The intense and vibrant colours used emphasise the shapes of the sculpture, the balances and contrasts between power and fragility, stability and precariousness, heaviness and lightness. Patricia Volk is a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, an old English organisation promoting excellence in sculpture, and an Academician of the Royal West of England Academ. Her work was recently featured in the book “50 Women Sculptors”, alongside that of very famous artists such as Camille Claudel, Niki de Saint Phalle and Louise Bourgeois. “My obsession is catching a very simple form or line, primarily, then enhancing it with colour. Sometimes I use juxtapositions of two forms that I hope suggest contradictions of strength and fragility, stability and precariousness – like the relationships between human beings.”
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