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Elephant

Bill Woodrow1984-01-01

Tate Britain

Tate Britain
London, United Kingdom

Woodrow has commented: 'The head, mounted colonial fashion on the wall, was constructed around an ironing board because of its triangular shape and strong frame. I used the ear shape of some old wall maps of Africa and South America... The fact that they are third world continents soon became the point of the work. I thought of jungles, deserts, shanty towns, natural forces, technology, tribes, revolutions¿ This finally produced an elephant lifting an automatic weapon from a water hole, with the car doors I had found at a breaker''s yard forming its banks.'

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  • Title: Elephant
  • Creator: Bill Woodrow
  • Date: 1984-01-01
  • Provenance: Presented by Janet Wolfson de Botton 1996 to celebrate the Tate Gallery Centenary 1997
  • Physical Dimensions: 3850 x 8200 x 4650 mm
  • Original Title: Elephant
  • Type: Relief
  • Rights: © Bill Woodrow
  • Medium: Vehicle doors, 2 maps and vacuum cleaner
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