Not on display
- Artist
- Anthea Hamilton born 1978
- Medium
- PVC leatherette, silk satin acetate, cotton and steel on wooden base
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2120 x 1903 x 438 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by Tate Members 2014
- Reference
- T14114
Display caption
Hamilton is interested in the resolution of the contradictory dynamic between two and three dimensions. Her sculpture use various strategies such as poster-prints applied to blinds, advertising hoardings, plywood props, and kimonos. Wrestler Kimono is suspended from a steel and wooden structure. Hung in this way, the kimono references the body yet has none of its volume and is rendered two-dimensional. This work draws on Japanese Kabuki theatre of the Edo period, where red and white checks represented the wrestler: the stronger the checks, the stronger the wrestler.
Gallery label, September 2016
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Anthea Hamilton Turner Prize 2016
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