gary deirmendjian selected works
 
 
 


pocket of air 2007 reduced from the work - out of existence
 

 

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details

:::: 80cm (height) x 1.6m x 1.6m (footprint of entire work)
:::: bisque fired clay heads, soaked with Indian ink
:::: other media: 4 steel plates, strategically rusted
:::: weight of head 50kg (approx.)
 

artist's statement

A torn head has come to rest poised structurally unaided directly upon the ground. It is unreferenced to any model or image.

The head is contained within a square defined by the four steel plates. The plates each indicate a rust graduation pattern, striving from the inside edge outwardly towards the viewer.

This is not intended as a work concerning death. It is more about the weight and price of insight, and the certain dignity that accompanies it.