Isotta Page carves deep time. Her material is Carrara quarry offcuts, the industrial leftovers of centuries of extraction. Working by hand, she makes marble sculpture at a human scale, shaping forms inspired by the origins of the stone itself, from the ancient sea life it was made from to the mountains it became. Her practice grew out of an art historian's eye, formed growing up among the marble ruins of Rome, yet it is distinctly of this moment, shaped by research into geology and the Anthropocene. She sets out to make marble light, using patinated steel to suspend the stone and create floating sculptures. Marble is one of the few materials that is time made physical, and her work uses it to unsettle our narrow, human sense of time. Each sculpture is an access point to the long history that led to us, and to what will remain of us.
Moving Upwards
- 2024,
hand carved Macael
marble & steel base
- 25 x 15 x 56cm
Moving Upwards, is where land and body converge, featuring a female torso that dissolves into folds of marble, seamlessly becoming part of the landscape. The arch of the back is both topographical and intimate, capturing a state of constant transformation. As part of the ongoing series Dark Optimism: Ghost in the Stone, this work blurs the lines between drawing and sculpture, embodying themes of unity, metamorphosis, and the interconnectedness of nature and humanity.
Private Collection