Barry Flanagan (B. 1941)

Monument

细节

Barry Flanagan (B. 1941)
Monument
stamped with the artist's initial, edition number and foundry mark 'F 6/8 AB LONDON' (on the lower edge)
bronze
25 x 12 x 7in. (64.2 x 31.7 x 19cm.)
Executed in 1995, this work is no.6 from an edition of 8 + 4 AP

来源

Waddington Galleries, London.

拍品专文

"Flanagan's hares can be understood as mocking the extreme intellectualisation which has characterised the art of our era. And that is why his attitude is still radical, whilst many other Post-Minimalists' works have acquired an academic appearance. In fact, Flanagan is not detached from 'more advanced' aesthetic debates. With his hares, he has managed to maintain his interest in open work (the hare is an animal with a huge number of transcultural symbolic implications: a symbol of life for the Egyptians, the Chinese and various primitive European peoples), dealing with transcendental subjects, but requiring more our commitment as viewers than relying on heavy symbolism." (E. Juncosa, 'Barry Flanagan', Dublin, 1995).