<Pluperfect

CAVES, 2021

The Pluperfect – installation view at CAVES Gallery, 2021. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

The Pluperfect – installation view at CAVES Gallery, 2021. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

The Never-Simple Past, 2021 – oil on wooden panel, 600 x 610 mm. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

The Never-Simple Past, 2021 – oil on wooden panel, 600 x 610 mm. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

The Future Imperfect, 2020 – oil on wooden panel, 600 x 610 mm. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

The Future Imperfect, 2020 – oil on wooden panel, 600 x 610 mm. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

Imperative, 2021 – oil on wooden panel, 600 x 610 mm. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

Imperative, 2021 – oil on wooden panel, 600 x 610 mm. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

Crouch (bird-bath), 2021 – alginate, worker bee, brass, dimension variable. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

Crouch (bird-bath), 2021 – alginate, worker bee, brass, dimension variable. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

Pour (pursed lip), 2020 – bronze, dimension variable. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

Pour (pursed lip), 2020 – bronze, dimension variable. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

The Past Continuous, 2020 – flocked lithographic print on paper, 280 x 360 mm. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

The Past Continuous, 2020 – flocked lithographic print on paper, 280 x 360 mm. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

The Past Continuous (Ghost print), 2020 – lithographic print on paper, 280 x 360 mm. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

The Past Continuous (Ghost print), 2020 – lithographic print on paper, 280 x 360 mm. Image courtesy of Storm Gold.

Time is porous and fragile in The Pluperfect. The present is persistently interrupted by artefacts of an imagined past. Skye Malu Baker gathers lithographic prints, paintings and small sculptural works into constellations in which architectural elements are mis-remembered, film scenes are re-envisaged, and imperfect copies forget the boundaries of their former forms.