Ambivalence – Cléa van der Grijn

Ambivalence - Silent Noise (locusts, paper, glue, matt varnish), 23 x 23 x 23cm — Silent Noise, Locusts, paper, glue, matt varnish, 23cm x 23cm x 23cm

Ambivalence - Conflict, bronze with patina, 27x7x9cm — Conflict, Bronze with patina, 27cm x 7cm x 9cm

Ambivalence - Conflict, wax with white gold leaf (2 pieces), 27 x 7 x 9cm — Ambivalence - Conflict, Wax with white gold leaf (2 pieces), 27 cm x 7cm x 9cm

Ambivalence - Mother (aubergine necklace), bronze with patina (24 pieces), 30 x 23cm — Mother (aubergine necklace), Bronze with patina (24 pieces), 30cm x 23cm

Ambivalence - Mother (aubergine necklace), bronze with patina (24 pieces), 30 x 23cm — Mother (aubergine necklace), Bronze with patina (24 pieces), 30cm x 23cm

Ambivalence - Dead (Sinai 1998), bronze with patina (11 pieces) — Dead (Sinai 1998), Bronze with patina (11 pieces)

Death mask, Polished bronze, 45cm x 17cm x 13cm, 2013

Ambivalence - Death mask, polished bronze, 45 x 17 x 13cm — Death mask, Polished bronze, 45cm x 17cm x 13cm

Ambivalence - Transience (locusts, paper balls, yellow gold leaf, bell jar), 32 x 21cm — Transience, Locusts, paper balls, yellow gold leaf, bell jar, 32cm x 21cm

Ambivalence - Transience (locusts, paper balls, yellow gold leaf, bell jar), 32 x 21cm — Transience, Locusts, paper balls, yellow gold leaf, bell jar, 32cm x 21cm

Ambivalence - Deadman, bronze to scale, bench — Deadman, Bronze to scale, bench

Ambivalence

5 Victorian Frogs in a Box, taxidermy frogs, victorian box

Ambivalence - Urchin, bronze with patina, 5 x 4 x 3cm — Ambivalence - Urchin, Bronze with patina, 5cm x 4cm x 3cm

Ambivalence - Silent Noise (locusts, paper, glue, matt varnish), 23 x 23 x 23cm

Ambivalence - Conflict, bronze with patina, 27x7x9cm

Ambivalence - Conflict, wax with white gold leaf (2 pieces), 27 x 7 x 9cm

Ambivalence - Mother (aubergine necklace), bronze with patina (24 pieces), 30 x 23cm

Ambivalence - Mother (aubergine necklace), bronze with patina (24 pieces), 30 x 23cm

Ambivalence - Dead (Sinai 1998), bronze with patina (11 pieces)

Ambivalence - Death mask, polished bronze, 45 x 17 x 13cm

Ambivalence - Transience (locusts, paper balls, yellow gold leaf, bell jar), 32 x 21cm

Ambivalence - Transience (locusts, paper balls, yellow gold leaf, bell jar), 32 x 21cm

Ambivalence - Deadman, bronze to scale, bench

5 Victorian Frogs in a Box, taxidermy frogs, victorian box

Ambivalence - Urchin, bronze with patina, 5 x 4 x 3cm

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Critical Reviews

Author: Dónall Curtin

Dear Matthew, I decided to write this letter to you, my Godson, to introduce you to a world I am passionate about, in these your formative years, into the exciting world of contemporary art practice through my own personal reflection on a particular exhibition. In all great works of art, the work will speak for…

Author: Aidan Dunne

Irish Times

Psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan once said that he’d rather feel slightly uneasy than content. In her compelling, ever-changing work, Cléa van der Grijn makes something worthwhile out of just such a feeling. AMBIVALENCE consists of a series of casts taken from personal objects, beautiful things offering tender mediations on memory, life, death and loss, but edgy…

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