‘You could never tire of looking at this’; Pam Hogg on When Forms Come Alive

Bold. Fresh. Playful. Three words that apply not only to the sculptures of our 2024 Hayward Gallery exhibition, When Forms Come Alive, but also to the creations of fashion designer Pam Hogg, whose vibrant clothes have adorned artists such as Paula Yates, Siouxsie Sioux and Debbie Harry.

We invited the designer to visit When Forms Come Alive to get her response to its undulating sculptures, and discover her three favourite works from among the sculptures of 21 different contemporary international artists.

Those that duly caught Hogg’s eye were Tunnel Boring Machine, 2021, by Teresa Solar Abboud – ‘it’s so fresh and new and futuristic, all at the one time’; Untitled, 2022, by Phyllida Barlow – ‘you feel it’s actually going to come and speak to you; your imaginary friend’; and Vaisseaux Verseurs, 2022, by Jean-Luc Moulene – ‘I just loved it instantly, I felt it stood out in the whole room’.

‘Every angle is just glorious, you could never tire of looking at this, because from every angle it says something else.’

Pam Hogg on Vaisseaux Verseurs, 2022, Jean-Luc Moulene.