June Crespo's Sculptural Methodology Explores Concealed Fluids and Fragmented Forms

June Crespo's artistic practice involves a methodological strategy where forms emerge through experimentation, existing in tension between friction, amalgamation, and slight distance. Her sculptures combine piled objects with images treated as three-dimensional elements, sometimes concealed within the assemblage. In her 2016 work 'Chance Album no 1,' ceramic pipes glazed internally reference concealed fluids, both biological and infrastructural, shaped by an unseen magazine image of heroin injection. Crespo's approach flattens hierarchies between plinth, frame, and sculpture, translating intuitive decisions into sensuous forms without narrative dominance. The human body in relation to space determines her work's scale, appearing fragmented yet whole as 'a closed but broken form.' Based in Bilbao and Amsterdam, her recent exhibitions include ET Hall in Barcelona and MARCO in Vigo. Her methodology emphasizes craftsmanship to divert intentionality, highlighting incidental elements that emerge during learning processes. Crespo describes her practice as resembling a vessel containing all manual gestures from previous vessels, where memory accumulates through repeated practice.