Emma Malden @ Fine Art Society

The first exhibition of the work of sculptor Emma Maiden is presented, and it features a selection of new sculptures in stone and bronze.
Maiden is best known for her primitive carved stone sculptures of figures and animals. Her pared-down aesthetic, reminiscent of Romanesque carvings or Cycladic figures, gives her works a stillness and simplicity of form. Maiden draws inspiration from works she has studied in ethnographic collections, such as the Pitt-Rivers Museum, British Museum, and the Ashmolean, as well as literary sources such as Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’. Recurrent themes in her work include birds, mothers and children, solitary figures, and faces.