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Ajjori trained and works in drawing, painting, animation and
sculpture. On show in this exhibition is his recent series of
sculptures which take their inspiration from animals, nature and the
female form. All the works have an organic feel to them as the artist
chooses to explore the qualities of non-geometric forms. His
sculptures start as sketches and experiments in clay, which are the
route to how his abstract works develop. The majority of pieces
are small scale but as the artist suggests, they serve also as studies
for larger sculptures. Ajjori is interested in exploring the
relationship between line, form and mass particularly how they
converge in natural forms and specifically in the female figure.
Many of his sculptures that make reference to the female body impart a
sense of melancholy. Several of the abstract figures seem passive and
vulnerable as they turn inwards on themselves. They evokes a sense of
separation from the wider world that is suggestive of the title of the
exhibition Dialogues of Silence. At the same time other sculptures in
this series have a certain tenderness as they recall mothering poses
and
gestures. Many of the works seem to carry a silent yet bold inner
strength that is evoked via the distribution of volume and the
contours of the sculptures giving them a monumental appearance and
stature even on this small scale. Thus, in this series of abstract
sculptures Ajjori presents his research on human and natural forms in
which he expresses the way they inspire him both aesthetically and
emotionally.
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