“My sculptures and prints work together to help me prepare for and frame the larger installations in the context of my practice.”
Ross Passmoor was born in Durban, South Africa in 1984 and grew up in Pietermaritzburg. Passmoor earned a Masters in Fine Art from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and started pursuing art fulltime two years after graduating. Since 2012, he has been living and working in Johannesburg, where he also completed his PhD through Wits School of Art. Passmoor’s work has been exhibited in numerous local galleries.
With a background in sculpture, painting and printmaking, Passmoor’s work is multi-layered and textural. His subject matter often combines figurative and architectural elements to evoke an open-ended narrative for the viewer.
Suburban detritus forms the starting point for Passmoor’s work. Working with found materials collected from around his neighbourhood, the artist probes at questions around possession of space and the translation of spaces through objects. By using the everyday detritus of his home city to create complex sculptures and installations, Passmoor lends new complex histories to the forgotten items that litter the city.
Beyond his sculptural installations, Passmoor also uses collage and printmaking as a way of processing the material visually, to assist him in the construction and documentation of the installations. These prints and collages further inform his sculptural practice, which reworks the material of suburbia – challenging our preconceptions of the suburban space. His work plays on the “pastness” of materials and, in working with them, the artist roots himself in the suburban space.
With a background in sculpture, painting and printmaking, Passmoor’s work is multi-layered and textural. His subject matter often combines figurative and architectural elements to evoke an open-ended narrative for the viewer.
Suburban detritus forms the starting point for Passmoor’s work. Working with found materials collected from around his neighbourhood, the artist probes at questions around possession of space and the translation of spaces through objects. By using the everyday detritus of his home city to create complex sculptures and installations, Passmoor lends new complex histories to the forgotten items that litter the city.
Beyond his sculptural installations, Passmoor also uses collage and printmaking as a way of processing the material visually, to assist him in the construction and documentation of the installations. These prints and collages further inform his sculptural practice, which reworks the material of suburbia – challenging our preconceptions of the suburban space. His work plays on the “pastness” of materials and, in working with them, the artist roots himself in the suburban space.
