{"title":"Louise Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLouise Hill is a Wellington-based contemporary artist and jeweller currently undertaking a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at Massey University. 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Surrounded by a sea of plastic and a profusion of vivid flowers, she holds her exposed heart as both a symbol of compassion and a reminder of our collective vulnerability. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe flowers are not simply representations: they are brooches I have made from discarded plastic. By transforming waste into objects of adornment, I explore the shifting boundaries between the precious and the disposable, the sacred and the everyday. Materials routinely dismissed as rubbish become offerings, carrying new associations with beauty, care and value. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDrawing on religious iconography, popular culture and the visual language of devotional imagery, my work uses humour, excess and vivid colour to examine the meanings we attach to objects and materials. The Virgin becomes an unlikely patron saint of the Anthropocene: a figure through whom reverence, consumption and environmental consequence converge. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy wider practice as a contemporary jeweller explores materiality, adornment and the cultural values embedded in the things we make, wear and discard. Working with found objects and unconventional materials, I am interested in how transformation can challenge established hierarchies of value and reveal new possibilities for overlooked matter.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Through Our Lady of Plastic, I invite viewers to consider what we worship, what we discard, and what we choose to care for. The work offers no simple redemption; instead, it holds beauty and unease together, asking whether something new can emerge from the materials and contradictions of contemporary life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Louise Hill","offers":[{"title":"unframed \/ A3","offer_id":54787364454684,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"unframed \/ A2","offer_id":54787364487452,"sku":null,"price":380.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"unframed \/ A1","offer_id":54787364520220,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"framed white box frame no mat \/ A3","offer_id":54787364552988,"sku":null,"price":270.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"framed white box frame no mat \/ A2","offer_id":54787364585756,"sku":null,"price":520.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"framed white box frame no mat \/ A1","offer_id":54787364618524,"sku":null,"price":800.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"framed white box frame with mat \/ A3","offer_id":54787364651292,"sku":null,"price":330.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"framed white box frame with mat \/ A2","offer_id":54787364684060,"sku":null,"price":590.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"framed white box frame with mat \/ A1","offer_id":54787364716828,"sku":null,"price":890.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"framed black box frame no mat \/ A3","offer_id":54787364749596,"sku":null,"price":270.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"framed black box frame no mat \/ A2","offer_id":54787364782364,"sku":null,"price":520.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"framed black box frame no mat \/ A1","offer_id":54787364815132,"sku":null,"price":800.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"framed black box frame with mat \/ A3","offer_id":54787364847900,"sku":null,"price":330.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"framed black box frame with mat \/ A2","offer_id":54787364880668,"sku":null,"price":590.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"framed black box frame with mat \/ A1","offer_id":54787364913436,"sku":null,"price":890.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/3927\/0972\/files\/LouiseHillOurLadyPlasticWeb.png?v=1793236244"}],"url":"https:\/\/boyddunlop.com\/collections\/louise-hill.oembed","provider":"Boyd-Dunlop Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}