Deeply engaged with the materiality of landscapes, Seán Savage Ferrari forges a practice that combines and merges craft techniques with found objects and organic matter with industrial refuse. Assembling materials embedded within his local topography, he recontextualises traditional and contemporary approaches to landscape, offering a method that challenges established perspectives of perceiving, depicting and engaging with the environment. Central to his artistic practice is the technique of assemblage, where he amalgamates both natural and cultural elements into his compositions, carrying personal and collective memories tethered to matter. The connection between memory and materiality bridges the tangible and intangible realms, inviting viewers to contemplate the interplay between self and surroundings. His sculptural assemblages encourage introspection, nurturing a deeper understanding of our place within landscapes and ecological communities.
"Non-conventional art materials are also central to Sean Savage Ferrari’s practice, which utilises assemblage techniques to juxtapose found materials, from soil and leaves to discarded plastic. Ferrari developed this way of working during an extensive residency in the Amazon rainforest, where he would often leave his collaged works to dissolve back into the landscapes from which they originated. For Land, Sea, Air, he has produced new assemblage works from wheat stems, which are dried, flattened, and combined to make tactile sheets. These are arranged on rough-textured paper made from pulped grass clippings and framed with wood from discarded palettes, forging a visual narrative of re-use and recycling."
[Excerpt from Meeting Points Within This Elemental Mesh, An Essay by Anna Souter]