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1987 - 97 Steel / Rivets Pulling Figure: 180cm H Hanging Figure: 310cm H x 59cm W Overall Height of Steel Support Girder: 4.3m Two larger than lifesize figures are locked in a mutually dependant struggle for survival. One figure hangs from a steel support whilst the other is pulling on the rope to create an equalibrium, holding the tension : a clash of titans where neither will yield. The figures are constructed to illustrate what are in effect, complex, dynamic and beautifully engineered machines involved in a dynamic movement with a strong anatomical emphasis reinforcing the nature of their actions. The work is an interpretation of the final conflict between Achilleus and Hector in Homers' chronicle 'The Illiad', a monumental stuggle which is both a fight to the death but also a fight for life. <Back to Figures in the Environment |
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