Belts For Spiritualised
Belts for Spiritualised (2011) forms part of Jim Lambie's wider body of work associated with his Spiritualized exhibition of the same year. Lambie, known for transforming everyday objects into vibrant sculptural forms, frequently incorporates belts as recurring motifs, enlarging and rematerialising them in industrial metals such as steel to give them new symbolic weight and presence.
Within the exhibition context, Lambie produced oversized steel belts — often brightly polished or painted — which were displayed looping, curling, or draped within sculptural arrangements. These belts play with ideas of scale, glamour, musical subculture, and the fetish aesthetics associated with rock performance, an enduring influence in Lambie's practice.
The Spiritualized body of work explores themes of synaesthesia, Pop sensibility, and the transformation of everyday items into luminous, rhythmically charged forms, signalling Lambie's interest in remixing the visual language of fashion, music culture, and industrial materials into sculptural statements that sit between playfulness and precision.
Within the exhibition context, Lambie produced oversized steel belts — often brightly polished or painted — which were displayed looping, curling, or draped within sculptural arrangements. These belts play with ideas of scale, glamour, musical subculture, and the fetish aesthetics associated with rock performance, an enduring influence in Lambie's practice.
The Spiritualized body of work explores themes of synaesthesia, Pop sensibility, and the transformation of everyday items into luminous, rhythmically charged forms, signalling Lambie's interest in remixing the visual language of fashion, music culture, and industrial materials into sculptural statements that sit between playfulness and precision.
