Tate Modern | Material Stories

Material, Memory & Meaning || Transforming Meaning || Material Sculptures || Hanging Sculptures

Material, Memory and Meaning

Memory Drawing after Cornelia Parker's installation Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View (1991) © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Detail of one of the annotated Memory Drawings of objects included in the installation © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

An example of how the objects and their arrangement was remembered after visiting the installation © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Annotated memory drawing after Cornelia Parker's installation Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View (1991).

Detail of one memory drawing of objects included inCold Dark Matter: An Exploded View (1991).

Another example of how the objects and their arrangement was remembered after visiting the installation.

Notebook from investigating artist Joseph Beuys © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Covers of notebooks made for investigating the artist Joseph Beuys © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Drawings and notes resulting from the investigation of the personal meaning in Beuys use of materials © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

From Art Detective's notebook. Investigating the life and work of Joseph Beuys.

Covers of notebooks made for investigating the artist Joseph Beuys.

Drawings and notes resulting from the investigation of the personal meaning in Beuys use of materials.

Recreating Joseph Beuys Felt Suit (1970) in alternative materials and considering the change in texture, use and meaning © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Textured paper collage of how Joseph Beuys Felt Suit (1970) may look and feel like if made out of stone. © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

How the look, feel and possible meanings of Felt Suit (1970) would change if was made out of wood instead of felt © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Recreation of Joseph Beuys Felt Suit (1970) in alternative materials and considering the change in texture, use and meaning.

Textured paper collage of how Joseph Beuys Felt Suit (1970) may look and feel like if it was made of stone.

How the look, feel and possible meanings of Felt Suit (1970) would change if was made out of wood instead of felt.

Transforming Meaning

Drawing after Cornelia Parker's The Distance ... (2003).<br>©<br>© Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Prepatory study for transforming meaning after Cornelia Parker's The Distance ... (2003) © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Study after Cornelia Parker's The Distance ... (2003) © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Drawing after Cornelia Parker's The Distance (a kiss with string attached). (2003).

Transforming objects and their meaning by wrapping them in string. [after Cornelia Parker as above) © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

A sculpture and its potential meaning is transformed by the use of string © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

A wooden letter wrapped in string presents the possibility for new or alternative interpretations © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Transforming objects and their meaning by wrapping them in string. [after Cornelia Parker as above].

A sculpture and its potential meaning is transformed by the use of string.

A wooden letter wrapped in string presents the possibility for new or alternative interpretations.

Material Sculptures

'Threading. Study of material's name and meaning in preparation for making a material sculpture © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

'Stack. Visualising the meaning of a word in preparation for making a material sculpture © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

T'Fill. Visual study of a word and its meaning in preparation for making a material sculpture © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Threading. Study of material's name and meaning in preparation for making a material sculpture.

Stack. Visualising the meaning of a word in preparation for making a material sculpture.

Fill. Visual study of a word and its meaning in preparation for making a material sculpture.

The completed Threading sculpture © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

The Stacking sculpture in progress © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

The finished Fill sculpture © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Presenting the completed Threading sculpture.

The Stack sculpture in progress.

The finished Fill sculpture.

Hanging Sculptures

Selected materials and accompanying story as preparation for making of a hand to be part of hanging sculpture. © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Preparatory study of selected materials use in making the hand © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Finished hand sculptures to form part of a hanging sculpture. (see below) © Tate Gallery, London, 2003

Selected materials and accompanying story as preparation for making of a hand to be part of hanging sculpture.

Preparatory study of selected materials associations and their use in making the hand.

Finished hand sculptures to form part of a hanging sculpture. (see below).

Two hanging sculptures created during Materials Stories. To the left: St. Joseph's Primary School photographed personal objects that were then manipulated before being incorporated into the hanging sculpture. To the right: Snowsfields Primary School made sculptural material hands and arranged them on their hanging sculpture.

Material Stories is funded by
North Southwark Education Action Zone & The New Opportunities Fund