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Katie Eleanor
Hand-coloured Print of weeping mythical sculpture angels in Walnut Frame

2019

$2,982.54
$3,728.1820% Off
£2,160
£2,70020% Off
€2,575.28
€3,219.1120% Off
CA$4,140.77
CA$5,175.9620% Off
A$4,216.92
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CHF 2,420.69
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MX$50,884.80
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NOK 28,054.59
NOK 35,068.2420% Off
SEK 28,439.96
SEK 35,549.9520% Off
DKK 19,253.90
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About the Item

Hand-coloured tableau of a weeping spirit and her guardians, immobilised in marble. A disjointed narrative looking at recovery and protection, the angels shield the spirit with tender embraces and cry for her when alone. Taken from The Sialia Marbles, a series of portraits containing ephemeral human sculptures taken between 2016-19. Together these works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947 Le Musee Imaginaire (Museum Without Walls). During the beginning of the 'Museum Age' in the 18th century , writer Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe discussed mythical sculpture as living in a world where they 'reign in splendid isolation' (On the Laocoon Group, 1798); a description which sings in melody with the dissociative nature of the artist's mind. In reaction, Eleanor casts stories in a form of fictional rigor mortis, through the symbolic reference to the weight and endurance of marble sculpture. Tableau's react only within themselves: anatomist studies corpse, a creature is hunted, angels embrace the sanctuary of one another. Within the anthology, Eleanor's own fragments of visual tales are complemented by visual references to characters (and their artists) who have become beautiful stains on her own visual tapestry. "I’m not a sculptor, but I wanted to construct my own stories. Photographers have often used sculpture in order to challenge our idea of a “sculptural” body or object, by casting them in a two-dimensional light. I love playing with perception. A lot of my work is influenced by the nineteenth century—the pictorialist movement for instance. When photography was a new experiment, people would play around with perception tricks—Victorian paper theatres or even the Cottingley Fairies hoax. (...) Photography and sculpture have such a loaded history together." - Katie Eleanor Artwork Frame: Made in UK, Museum standard custom made frame, Book mount-board, Walnut (waxed) frame and finish with antireflective UV glass Image size: 15 9/10 × 12 in/ 40.5 × 30.5 cm, Framed: 57 x 47 cm This print is unique due to artistic process of hand colouring and any future edition of larger or smaller dimension (to order) would vary. Life size print available to order upon request. Overseas shipping; custom made crate for artwork and frame protection OFFER: Free shipping worldwide

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