​​​​Developed over a two-year period of research and making, the work emerged through sustained conversations and collaboration with women affected by surgical mesh procedures. Within an ethically sensitive framework, sculpture, painting, and material experimentation became ways of approaching experiences that often resist clear articulation.

Bound forms, stretched surfaces, suspended materials, and compressed structures hold traces of pressure, vulnerability, and bodily instability. Materials fold, pull, rupture, and remain under tension. Rather than illustrating pain directly, the work approaches the body through conditions of containment, exposure, and partial release.

Across the installation, bodily and architectural references remain unsettled. Intimacy and discomfort coexist within forms that appear simultaneously protective and fragile. Meaning emerges gradually through proximity, repetition, and accumulation, where material becomes a way of holding experiences that cannot always be fully spoken.

The artist extends sincere thanks to the women who generously shared their experiences throughout the collaborative process. Gratitude is also extended to curator Sharon Murphy, the Draíocht Incubate Studio Residency Award and Fingal County Council Bursary Awards, whose support helped facilitate the research and development of this body of work.
 

Sara Muthi, writer and curator

Supple Violence, a reflection on Buttner's art practice. 

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https://inaction.ie/2021/09/16/supple-violence/ 

 

Materials​

Oil on canvas, polyurethane foam, spray paint, insulation pipe sheath, jointing tape, found wood, masking tape, retort stand, unfired clay, drill bit, acrylic on birch plywood, glue, and screws

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Dimensions

various dimensions 

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Photographs

installation view, Louis Haugh

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Year

2021

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