Trophies

Tild Greene received a contribution to develop new work. With Trophies, Tild presents a series of bronze sculptures that explore hierarchical structures around value and sustainability. What constitutes achievement and what marks ritual is questioned. Drawing on gender and mythology, Greene explores what constitutes a "hero" and the archetypal characteristics of such a figure, which are typically depicted in bronze sculptures. This body of work subverts the connection between the hero and what is considered competent. It plays with the notion of permanence to create sculptures that resemble totems of celebration and practice.

Sculpture and writing are central to Tild’s work. Through such topics as mythology, utility, class, grief and gender, Tild contemplates categories and assumptions. Through their own developed processes with materials, obstacles are reflected upon and pushed forward toward a question: What defines ability and capacity? By reflecting on what precedes or follows potential capacity, Tild attempts to transform preconditioned structures and associations into a different logic.