Darren Lago

Our daily lives are influenced by what surrounds us - the objects in our houses, the chairs we sit in, the cars in our streets, the towers in our cities and the clothes we wear. We reveal our inner character by what we buy. It is within this dialogue between ourselves and the objects we select to be part of our lives that Darren Lago focuses his art.

Examples of his sculpture include a mannequin's leg fused with a wine bottle forming a sensuous but disturbing form, his humerous Bum Tower alludes to Brancusi both in form and content. Within the more recent works we can see a more abstract juxtopositon of forms and shapes, producing strikingly unique sculptures.

Born in Walsall in 1965, Lago's one-person exhibitions have included those at the New Art Gallery, Walsall, Haus Bill in Zumikon, Switzerland and the 1000 Eventi Gallery in Milan. He has works in the Saatchi and Arts Council collections.