Emerging-Finalists

Alun Kirby

Previously a research scientist, Alun changed career, becoming an artist in early 2017. His practice addresses memory and how it makes us who we are. He works from his home studio in York, where he lives with his family.

Alun Kirby Arist
Alun Kirby Arist

Alun Kirby

Previously a research scientist, Alun changed career, becoming an artist in early 2017. His practice addresses memory and how it makes us who we are. He works from his home studio in York, where he lives with his family.

mixed media artwork titled The River of Heraclitus

The River of Heraclitus

Mixed Media, Silk Thread, Cyanotype on Silk
144cm x 144cm x 12cm

 

Heraclitus said we cannot step in the same river twice, not only because the river changes, but because we also constantly change. Central to the ‘self’ which flows on are memories, subjectively interpreted experiences of our previous selves. This longitudinal portrait, covering 45 years, shows this transformative flow. The person we are today is the result a myriad of metamorphoses, the memories of which are the basis of the person we shall become tomorrow.