Some things survive everything.
Pressure. Distance. Change. Time.
Distorted Love explores what remains when life becomes complicated, uncertain and beautifully imperfect.
Created from reclaimed commercial signage offcuts, salvaged acrylic and a high-gloss resin finish, this Luxury Statement Wall Art NZ piece centres around a single red heart held within a fractured landscape of gold, reflection and movement.
Measuring 121 W × 87 H cm, Distorted Love is a substantial, heavyweight wall sculpture designed to hold a strong architectural presence within a space. Because of its size and weight, secure installation appropriate to the wall construction is required.
At first glance, the work feels bold and energetic. Its surfaces catch the light, reflections shift and forms appear to move as you walk past. Beneath that visual energy sits something quieter: a work about connection, resilience and the things we continue to hold onto when everything else feels unsettled.
Reflections bend.
Shapes fragment.
Perspectives shift.
The heart remains.
Perhaps this work isn’t only about romance. It may also be about the people who anchor us, the values we refuse to compromise and the parts of ourselves that remain true while everything around us changes.
Built from materials once used to attract attention and communicate commercial messages, Distorted Love gives discarded signage an entirely different purpose. Through Lisa Watkins’s practice of Circular Elevation, its industrial fragments become a contemporary artwork exploring permanence and fragility, strength and vulnerability, chaos and connection.
Part of the Sign of the Times series, the work reflects on modern life and our enduring need to find meaning within a world that can feel fractured and fast-moving.
Morning light reveals different details from evening light. Colours shift, reflections change and new relationships appear between the artwork, its surroundings and the viewer.
Like the connections that matter most, Distorted Love continues to reveal itself over time.
