Petah Coyne
Untitled #1459 (Yōko Ogawa: The Memory Police), 2019
Black sand from pig iron casting, artificial feathers, acrylic polymer, paint, chicken-wire fencing, barbed wire, annealed wire, steel, cable, cable nuts, cable thimbles, quick-link shackles, jaw-to-jaw swivel, 3/8" Grade 30 proof coil chain, silk/rayon velvet, Velcro, thread, plastic
40 x 35 x 37 inches (101.6 x 88.9 x 94 cm)
GL14191
“Untitled #1459 (Yōko Ogawa: The Memory Police), 2019, is a black sand sculpture inspired by Japanese author, Yōko Ogawa’s 1994 novel of the same name. The novel takes place on an island, with one of the main characters living on a moored boat. It is fr casting om this vantage point, that the ebb and flow of the tide, which underscores themes of isolation and imprisonment, is witnessed.
Untitled #1459, with its black, feathery tendrils is both delicate and aggressive in form. Like the sea at daytime, the feathers move with turbulence following the air’s current within the room. And when they settle, they mimic the practically still, glimmering surface of the sea at night. With an open silhouette, this sculpture is light and free flowing, yet its countless, knotted limbs resemble the jagged edges of barbed wire.” – courtesy Petah Coyne Studio
Untitled #1459 (Yōko Ogawa: The Memory Police), 2019
Black sand from pig iron casting, artificial feathers, acrylic polymer, paint, chicken-wire fencing, barbed wire, annealed wire, steel, cable, cable nuts, cable thimbles, quick-link shackles, jaw-to-jaw swivel, 3/8" Grade 30 proof coil chain, silk/rayon velvet, Velcro, thread, plastic
40 x 35 x 37 inches (101.6 x 88.9 x 94 cm)
GL14191
“Untitled #1459 (Yōko Ogawa: The Memory Police), 2019, is a black sand sculpture inspired by Japanese author, Yōko Ogawa’s 1994 novel of the same name. The novel takes place on an island, with one of the main characters living on a moored boat. It is fr casting om this vantage point, that the ebb and flow of the tide, which underscores themes of isolation and imprisonment, is witnessed.
Untitled #1459, with its black, feathery tendrils is both delicate and aggressive in form. Like the sea at daytime, the feathers move with turbulence following the air’s current within the room. And when they settle, they mimic the practically still, glimmering surface of the sea at night. With an open silhouette, this sculpture is light and free flowing, yet its countless, knotted limbs resemble the jagged edges of barbed wire.” – courtesy Petah Coyne Studio