Alfie Caine's debut solo exhibition, 'The Chalk Carver's House,' showcases fictional domestic settings inspired by the historical chalk horse on Hindover Hill, Sussex. The exhibition imagines the carver's life and work, crafting spaces that connect to local mythology and the environment. Each artwork features portholes and passageways that juxtapose memory with creation, as the structure itself becomes an evolving canvas. Through vibrant colors and thematic storytelling, Caine invites viewers to explore the nexus of art, landscape, and personal history.
On Hindover Hill, west of the village of Litlington in Sussex, a white chalk horse lays 20 meters tall against the land.
Each is connected through portholes and passageways, gazing to and from the land, in and out of uncanny structures that cradle ineffable quiet moments.
A former architecture graduate, the interior setting in Caine's works slips between a subject that holds memory and one that constructs it.
The carving is centered in an open window-in the foreground, a desk set within bright orange walls captures the reflection of the inhabitant's landscape.
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