{"id":281,"date":"2021-01-10T15:57:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T15:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows\/?page_id=281"},"modified":"2021-06-04T10:43:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T09:43:57","slug":"ben-spargo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/ben-spargo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Spargo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ben Spargo explores the way that objects and items of clothing can be transformed and displayed in an architectural space, to form a narrative of a person. The transformation of everyday objects into clay allows for new and unexpected connections. The artist uses himself as a case study to explore the way that objects and items of clothing can be transformed and displayed to construct his own narrative; in a different context and beyond himself personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/files\/2021\/01\/29A2919F-6C9B-488F-91D1-75C59C651051-1024x681.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/files\/2021\/01\/29A2919F-6C9B-488F-91D1-75C59C651051-1024x681.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/files\/2021\/01\/29A2919F-6C9B-488F-91D1-75C59C651051-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/files\/2021\/01\/29A2919F-6C9B-488F-91D1-75C59C651051-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/files\/2021\/01\/29A2919F-6C9B-488F-91D1-75C59C651051.jpeg 1127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption>Zara Rucksack<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"http:\/\/Www.Instagram.com\/spargofineart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spargofineart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WEBSITE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Spargo explores the way that objects and items of clothing can be transformed and displayed in an architectural space, to form a narrative of a person. The transformation of everyday objects into clay allows for new and unexpected connections. The artist uses himself as a case study to explore the way that objects and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/ben-spargo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ben Spargo&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9905,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-281","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9905"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1461,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281\/revisions\/1461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}