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Ishmael Randall Weeks: Formas Desplazadas (Displaced Forms): Solo Exhibition

Past exhibition
12 - 17 October 2021
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ishmael Randall-Weeks, Tunic, 2021

Ishmael Randall-Weeks b. 1976

Tunic, 2021
Grout 700, brass, iron, 1/4 inch corrugated construction steel, pencils, books about utopia, geometry exercise books and material strengthener
200 x 305 x 5 cm
78 37/50 x 120 4/50 x 1 97/100 in
Tunic is a work made of five components made of metallic grout cast into brass formwork and corrugated steel. Beneath this structure, academic books and vintage pencils emerge, amongst which...
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Tunic is a work made of five components made of metallic grout cast into brass formwork and corrugated steel. Beneath this structure, academic books and vintage pencils emerge, amongst which are Sir Thomas More’s "Utopia", a school textbook titled “Ejercicios y problemas: Geometria” and another titled “Problemas de Resistencia de materiales”) Here we see references to the ancient past (the tunic being a status symbol that hails back to the Roman times) and its stratification with modern ideals and academic thought that shroud our daily lives.

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