The Quick and the Dead #3
Artist
Joe SHEEHAN (New Zealander, b.1976)
Production date
2013
Production place
Description
Fifteen individual stone sculptures that amalgamate the forms of toki (Māori stone adzes) and remote controls. The sculptures are presented in a set of museum storage drawers with an anglepoise lamp on top, which mimics the conditions of studying typological collections of artefacts.
Medium
Argillite, greywacke, basalt
Measurements
Dimensions: 1 - Part 1: 11 x 54 x 54mm
Dimensions: 2 - Part 2: 10 x 47 x 173mm
Dimensions: 3 - Part 3: 36 x 85 x 346mm
Dimensions: 4 - Part 4: 23 x 64 x 198mm
Dimensions: 5 - Part 5: 23 x 56 x 181mm
Dimensions: 6 - Part 6: 7 x 56 x 70mm
Dimensions: 7 - Part 7: 11 x 38 x 71mm
Dimensions: 8 - Part 8: 27 x 73 x 21mm
Dimensions: 9 - Part 9: 26 x 54 x 143mm
Dimensions: 10 - Part 10: 29 x 54 x 210mm
Dimensions: 11 - Part 11: 22 x 76 x 204mm
Dimensions: 12 - Part 12: 11 x 43 x 98mm
Dimensions: 13 - Part 13: 13 x 73 x 51mm
Dimensions: 14 - Part 14: 24 x 62 x 213mm
Dimensions: 15 - Part 15: 23 x 63 x 199mm
Dimensions: 2 - Part 2: 10 x 47 x 173mm
Dimensions: 3 - Part 3: 36 x 85 x 346mm
Dimensions: 4 - Part 4: 23 x 64 x 198mm
Dimensions: 5 - Part 5: 23 x 56 x 181mm
Dimensions: 6 - Part 6: 7 x 56 x 70mm
Dimensions: 7 - Part 7: 11 x 38 x 71mm
Dimensions: 8 - Part 8: 27 x 73 x 21mm
Dimensions: 9 - Part 9: 26 x 54 x 143mm
Dimensions: 10 - Part 10: 29 x 54 x 210mm
Dimensions: 11 - Part 11: 22 x 76 x 204mm
Dimensions: 12 - Part 12: 11 x 43 x 98mm
Dimensions: 13 - Part 13: 13 x 73 x 51mm
Dimensions: 14 - Part 14: 24 x 62 x 213mm
Dimensions: 15 - Part 15: 23 x 63 x 199mm
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Credit line
Purchased in 2015 with the 5 x 40 Acquisition Fund
Accession number
1360.1-15
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