Materials:
Perspex, Aluminium, Monitor
Physical Object Description:
Sculpture comprising of a small television monitor, with its outer casing removed to reveal the internal workings, and a pair of tall aerial shafts forming antennae fixed to its top. The monitor is vacuum sealed in a perspex bubble (to eliminate any transmission sounds), which is spherical in form with two tall 'ears' encompassing the aerials; the bubble is sealed with a black trim. The whole rests on a tall, aluminium stand with four legs formed from interlocking aluminium.
Dimensions:
240 x 75 x 48 cm
Accession Number:
1996.34
Credit:
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1996
Ownership history:
Purchased from the Victoria Miro, London by Edward Lee for the Contemporary Art Society, with the aid of a grant from the Henry Moore Foundation, 1994; presented to Manchester Art Gallery, 1996