Sculptor Yasmin Watts creates work which reflects upon human interaction especially in relation to public space. Utilising her training and former practice as an architect, Watts creates imagined, theatrical settings inspired by the forms and scales of the urban environment to place her sculpted human figures within. Playing with proportion and position, gesture and expression, Watts asks of her figures and of those who engage with them: what do humans, as a fundamentally social species, need in order to survive and thrive? More specifically, what might a sculpture practice bring to understandings of what it means to live with one another, in urban communities structured around principles of care? 

Her figures are statements of momentary events captured intentionally in life-like colour, set against the backdrop of our current world. The general public will stop, contemplate and interact with these statements.

The figures draw attention to the voids surrounding the art, questioning their surroundings, evoking their emotions. The figures create a strong connection to the community life, drawing attention to the vitality of their external spaces.

Watts’ sculptures are statements of momentary events captured intentionally in life-like colour to provide the viewer to stop, contemplate and interact with the art form. The figures are capturing points of time against the backdrop of everyday activities in today’s world.