Steve McPherson

Exhibiting Artist: Steve McPherson

Since 2007 Steve McPhersons primary source materials have been the discarded plastic objects that wash ashore on the Kent coast.

Steve McPherson

Solar. Reach. 2022

Unaltered marine plastic objects found on the UK coast, 1994-2022.

102 x 102 x 7 cm £4,650

Steve McPherson

Proxies. Hosts. 2020

81 individual sculptures assembled from fabric, monofilaments, rope filament, and plastic objects, all found on the UK coast, 1994-2020.

102 x 102 x 7 cm £5,850

Steve McPherson

Skeuomorphs. Trove. 2022

42 individual sculptures assembled from plastic monofilaments, rope filaments, and netting all found on the UK coast, 1994-2022.

80 x 80 x 7 cm £4,650

Steve McPherson

Composites Possessions No3 2021

81 individual sculptures assembled from monofilaments, rope filament, marine plastic, and wood all found on the UK coast, 1994-2021.

102 x 102 x 7 cm £5,250

Steve McPherson

Lamina (Geo-memetics) 2021

42 individual sculptures assembled from marine plastic objects, fabrics and monofilaments all found on the UK coast, 1994-2021. Plus, Beach Sand and Herculite 2 Plaster.

80 x 80 x 7 cm £4,750

Steve McPherson

Absent Histories - Combination Piece (Green No2) 2022

Unaltered Marine plastic objects found on the UK coast, 1994-2022, on archival board.

60 x 60 x 4 cm £1,550

Steve McPherson

Absent Histories - Combination Piece (Cream No1) 2022

Unaltered Marine plastic objects found on the UK coast, 1994-2022, on archival board.

7 x 102 x 102 cm £1,550

Steve McPherson

Metaphorms - Quiet Encapsulations No3 2022

42 individual sculptures created from unaltered marine plastic objects found on the UK coast, 1994-2022.

80 x 80 x 7 cm £4,250

While it is impossible to ignore the environmental concerns present in his work, he draws analogies with his practice akin to the role of archaeologist/collector/and paradoxical treasure hunter. Through an alchemical processing of these remnants, he seeks to plunder personal and collective narratives and bring them back to the surface of memory for new consideration.

McPherson has exhibited internationally. His practice includes, assemblage, collections, sculpture, installation, bookworks, photography, and sound.

".... Not only do the works highlight the amount of debris in the sea.... the mysterious, the forgotten and lost. But these wreckage pieces symbolise the history of the world up to this point, they are contemporary and future archaeology. Each remnant acts as a conduit between potential, real and imaginary worlds, where personal and cultural memory reside. These are the objects of our lives; this is the material of the technologically advanced." Steve McPherson