Liz Finch

This fascinating volume showcases the work of British artist, poet and performer Liz Finch (born 1951), and presents a series of 25 sculptures created between 1975 and 2016.
The gentle figures are strangely familiar, built using found and made objects. Finch subverts the ordinary and engages with the uncanny; a strange and anxious feeling created by familiar objects in unfamiliar contexts. Featuring full reproductions of each artwork alongside close details that reveal their composition, the book is threaded with poetic texts by Finch that blur the lines between personal memories, surreal dreams and everyday reality.

Originally a film by avant-garde filmmaker Nichola Bruce, The Romance of Bricks is a portrait of British painter, performer and poet Liz Finch (born 1951). The book is a screenplay of the film, weaving the commentary of friends and figures such as Jools Holland, Brian Clarke and Martin Harrison with reproductions of Finch’s art.
From her life-changing accident and rural solitude to the mad social whirl of anarchic performances in '80s London and up to the present day, The Romance of Bricks sews together archival film over many years to produce an intriguing glimpse into the private world of the artist.
Finch's figurative work explores themes of the unconscious based on early childhood perception and a preoccupation with the ordinary. She subverts the norm to see things as they are, not by the usual conventions. The result is humorous, somewhat haunting and poetic.