Kira Freije: Unspeak the Chorus - at The Hepworth, Wakefield.
This is the first major solo exhibition for Kira Freije (b 1985 London): twenty life size figures in small groupings 'suggesting narrative fragments or a frame of mind. Freije casts her own hands and feet in aluminium, building her metal sculptures from the feet upwards, welding together stainless steel strips like a pencil outline to create their forms. To these, she adds faces, or parts of faces, cast from people who are important in her life, as well as fabric and found materials such as brass and copper to complete the materially-rich whole'.
At first look, I wasn't sure I liked them but then I gradually warmed to them, finding them very expressive and evocative, full of emotion and exquisitely crafted.
For the first few minutes, I was in the room with only a couple of other people, quietly drinking it all in. Then a large group of young students arrived, bringing a very different vibe! It became quite hard to move around and find clear angles to take photos. I'm all for introducing young people to good art, but to be honest I could have done without them right at that moment! It was well worth seeing though.
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