Les Coleman: Dirt

Softcover | 21.5 x 15.5 cm | 96 pp

Coracle | 2009 | 9780906630396

Dirt documents the objects, sculptures and installations, many of a temporal nature made by Les Coleman over a period of 40 years. His use of transient materials leads to an instability and fragility, and may remind us of our own precariousness. Through the poetic appropriation of everyday objects Coleman draws upon the layered meanings inherent in objects, making work that is at once accessible, curious and humorous. 

Much of the work is of course now lost. Some of the installations integrate the audience as part of the work. At the same time, ephemeral and inexpensive items of printed matter have always been an effective vehicle for his work.

Includes an essay by David Briers