Richard Deacon

Art For Other People #12

1984

On loan

Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle (Berlin, Germany): Objects of Wonder

Artist: Richard Deacon born 1949
Medium: Marble and leather
Dimensions: Object: 190 x 300 x 400 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Purchased 2010
Reference: T13211

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This work belongs to Deacon’s ongoing series of small scale sculptures, Art For Other People. It brings together two components made from very different materials, marble and leather: one cold and hard, the other pliable and tactile. The curves of the marble are suggestive of the shape of heavy animal horns. It sits on the pale pinkish-brown leather component, which appears to be stitched into the form of seed pods or petals.

Gallery label, December 2016

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