Untitled (Carpet)

Dettmers, Silke (2014) Untitled (Carpet). [Sculpture]

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Untitled (Carpet)

Untitled (Carpet)

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Creators:
Dettmers, Silke
Description/Abstract:

A stranger, who saw "Untitled" this June, said that it brought back for him the fairgrounds he worked on as a young man, the wooden sub structures of roller coasters in particular. This was an entirely new connection for me, and one I am grateful for.
I never fully know where my work really comes from. In the months of making the sculpture in this exhibition I had looked at photographs of rickety bridges in far-flung places, the wooden beacons in the North Sea (a childhood memory) and Freud's couch. The purchase of the carpet itself had included an enthusiastic diversion into Persian poetry in an Islington shop.
Appropriating 'Found Objects' entails releasing known meanings and - in tandem - creating multiple new ones. It is a form of re-configuring of the world, a way of re-possessing it.

Item Type:
Art/Design Item
Date:
2014
Material:
carpet, wood, glue
Measurements or Duration:
127 x 219 x 108 cm
Locations / Venues:
Location
From Date
To Date
Mark Wallinger Presents...The Best of Bow Arts 2014, Bermondsey Project Space, London
12 September 2014
28 September 2014
Schools:
School of Communications
Related URLs:
Depositing User:
Ms Silke Dettmers
Date Deposited:
14 Jan 2015 13:48
Last Modified:
01 Mar 2022 08:45
Art/Design Categories:
Sculpture
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/2183

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