An artist makes a statement when choosing to distort or honour scale.

The exploration of scale suggests varying artistic concerns. In small gestures, a series of small-scale works interrogate the ‘impact of scale’, as our perception of it shifts throughout childhood and adulthood, with the human body playing a pivotal role.

Image: Artist unknown, Untitled (Portrait of William Steele), circa 1850. Collection of Forrester Gallery. Donated by Mrs G M Kearns (FG2002.5.1).