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To make a work of timeless art

Gail Hastings1996

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Sydney, Australia

Gail Hastings makes work which she describes as ’sculptuation’; a combination of sculpture and situation. Her work is a conversation about space and objects and about the ideas that arise through their interaction and in different situations. She is most concerned with the twentieth-century understanding of minimalism, but transformed into a contemporary idea that explores the language of space and materials, and involves the active participation of the viewer.
To make a work of timeless art includes watercolours, wall painting and a number of large three-dimensional objects. The space created – the sculptuation – is between the watercolour floor plan and the actual objects within the room one stands.

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Details

  • Title: To make a work of timeless art
  • Creator: Gail Hastings
  • Date: 1996
  • Type: Sculpture
  • Rights: Museum of Contemporary Art, purchased with the assistance of stART, MCA Young Patrons, 1997
  • Medium: synthetic polymer on wood, watercolour on paper
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Link: Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
  • Exhibition history: Taking it all away: MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 2015
  • Born: 1965
  • Artist: Gail Hastings

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