sculpture
- Museum number
- 2017,2022.1
- Title
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Object: European
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Series: Hull
- Description
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Sculpture in the form of a fibre glass model boat hull into which the artist has inserted numerous brightly coloured fishing floats through small holes drilled in the sides.
- Production date
- 2016
- Dimensions
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Height: 93 centimetres
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Width: 27 centimetres
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Depth: 26 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The current 'Hull' series of sculptures by LRVANDY takes model boat hulls and transforms them into masks adorned with fishing floats, porcupine quills, and acupuncture needles.
LRVANDY describes them thus:
'The hull forms allude to the transportation of commodities, the process of trade and movement – including the slave trade - but as masks they represent a transformation of identity drawing upon the tradition of talisman, charms, or amulets. The fishing floats reference witchcraft/voodoo needles or nails, similar to those used in the ‘nail-fetishes’ or minkisi figures of central Africa, representing aggressive protection, creating a tension throughout the works. The overall forms draw together the opposing aesthetics of attraction and repulsion; alluring and seemingly decorative pieces that on closer inspection provoke a sense of danger in the larger context of the globe, creating a series of multi-layered ideas.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good
- Acquisition date
- 2017
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2017,2022.1
