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We are delighted to present The Walking Moon, Time Traveller, Daniel Silver’s first solo exhibition at CFHILL. Encompassing marble, clay, and bronze sculptures, it marks the first instance the artist presents work in different media, displaying his multifaceted practice within the medium.

Silver’s approach conveys a deep respect for the histories and traditions of each material but carves out his own distinctly contemporary aesthetic. The marble figures evoke a 21st century renaissance of Ancient Greek and Roman sculpture, albeit one that subverts the preoccupation with an idealised, absolute beauty. The painted clay figures constitute a type of totemic vessel, an invitation to understand the world and our place in it through looking. But are the figures in Chorus the dramatic collective voice in a Greek tragedy or rowdy hooligans from a football stadium? What’s the big difference anyway?

Silver’s sculptures are a nexus of mythological narratives and expressions, converging millennia of visual human history. Painted on paper, sculpted from clay, cast in bronze, or carved out of marble, the works presented in the exhibition all carry the sensual trace of touch, movement, and rhythm – a geology of the human hand.

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Daniel Silver The Walking Moon, Time Traveller

Daniel Silver Chorus 6, 2022, Painted ceramic

Daniel Silver Chorus 4, 2022, Painted ceramic

Daniel Silver Chorus 5, 2022, Painted ceramic

Daniel Silver Chorus 1, 2022, Painted ceramic

Daniel Silver Chorus 3, 2022, Painted ceramic

Daniel Silver Chorus 2, 2022, Painted ceramic

Daniel Silver Chorus 7, 2022, Painted ceramic

Daniel Silver Chorus 8, 2022, Painted ceramic

Daniel Silver After Bath Mannequin 1, 2019, Onyx and marble, goldleaf, 138 x 32 x 29 cm

Daniel Silver Ater Bath Mannequin 2, 2019, Onyx and marble, 44 x 32 x 18 cm

Daniel Silver Walking Table, Golem and the Dancers, 2022, Painted ceramic, 4 x pieces, 6 x legs, dimensions variable

Daniel Silver Untitled, 2017, 2023, Cast bronze, goldleaf, 32,5 x 32,5 x 24 cm

Daniel Silver Untitled, 2015, Marble, gold leaf, Head 41 x 16 x 31 cm Plinth 135 x 20 x 21 cm

Daniel Silver Conductor, 2023, Oil painted ceramic, 96 x 68 x 31 cm

Daniel Silver Golem in Prussian Blue, 2022, Oil painted ceramic, Artwork: 80 x 41 x 38 cm Base: 94 x 39 x 39 cm

Daniel Silver Anne, 2018–2023, Onyx, metal stand, Sculpture: 33 x 20 x 20 cm Base: 114 x 28.5 x 28.5

Daniel Silver Chris M, 2018–2023, Onyx, metal stand, Sculpture: 40 x 20 x 20 cm, Base: 107.5 x 20 x 20 cm

Daniel Silver Chris, 2018–2023, Onyx, metal stand, Sculpture: 40 x 20 x 20 cm, Base: 107.5 x 20 x 20 cm

Daniel Silver Untitled, 2021, Based on Priest of Serapis Statuario marble from Michelangelo quarry, 168 x 35 x 34 cm

Daniel Silver Untitled (Blue series), 2020, Watercolour on paper puncture marks, 61 x 46 cm (each)

Daniel Silver Untitled, 2020, Watercolour on paper, 30.5 x 40 cm

Daniel Silver I could have stayed in Jerusalem, 2019, Oil painted ceramic, Artwork: 43 x 38.5 x 38 cm Base: 109 x 37 x 37 cm

Daniel Silver Untitled, 2020, Watercolour on paper, 30.5 x 40 cm

Daniel Silver Untitled, 2020, Watercolour on paper, 36 x 48 cm

Daniel Silver Lover (pink), 2020, Oil painted ceramic, 186 x 80 x 34 cm

Daniel Silver Boy, 2023, Oil painted ceramic, 50 x 50 x 175 cm

Daniel Silver Untitled (Made in Death Valley, California), 2021, Watercolour and Japanese ink on paper, 104.5 x 83 cm

Daniel Silver Mother, 2021, Marble on Madrora burr veneer base, Head: 34 x 19 x 18 cm, Base: 113 x 28.5 x 28.5 cm

Daniel Silver Untitled, 2021, Statuario Marble on a Imbuya scratch veneer, Head: 39 x 26 x 28 cm, Base: 105 x 31.5 x 31.5 cm

Daniel Silver The Walking Moon, Time Traveller, 2023

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