DANIEL TURNER
Daniel Turner works primarily in sculpture involving the manipulation of materials, objects, and environments into tactile or atmospheric forms. These works are characterized by a specific response to site under a controlled set of processes. This approach has enabled Turner to base form on transposition, preserving a sensory link to geographical locations, cultural associations and human contact. Founded in 1897, The Vinnitsa Regional Psychoneurological Hospital in Vinnitsa, Ukraine is an active medical and prophylactic institution specializing in polyclinic medical care for psychiatry, neurology, and neurosurgery. Turner has produced two sculptures in response to this institution, recasting integral elements of the Ukrainian hospital into two sculptures. Through a calibrated processing of environment, the artist has identified, archived and recast one metric ton of the hospital’s steel bedding into two concentrated forms. For Turner, form is a process of transformation. His choice of materials speaks to familiar, yet constrained environments, preserving the physical affects which a place gathers to itself.
All images courtesy of Daniel Turner.