Dorothy Cross : I dreamt I dwelt

6 Sep-19 Oct 2019

Overview

Kerlin Gallery is pleased to present I dreamt I dwelt, an exhibition of three significant new stone sculptures by Dorothy Cross. At the heart of the exhibition, a shark rises up from a floor of Carrara marble tiles as if emerging from the ocean. The serenity of the marble’s surface, almost five meters in length and rippled by bluish veins, is interrupted by the ascendant body of this creature, glassy-eyed and frozen in space: we are not sure whether it is living or dead. The history of the shark, spanning over 420 million years, is longer than that of the stone from which it is carved – and yet it is the creature’s vulnerability, along with that of all marine life, that is captured in this moment.