Telescope

Dorothy Cross2014/2014

Modern Art Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom

Dorothy Cross scours the landscapes of rural Ireland for animal remnants and geological fragments. With an intuitive understanding of form and material, Cross combines natural and manmade fragments to produce evocative sculptures with great symbolic weight.

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Title: Telescope
Creator: Dorothy Cross
Creator Lifespan: 1956
Creator Nationality: Irish
Creator Gender: Female
Creator Birth Place: Cork, Ireland
Date: 2014/2014
Credits: Courtesy private collection, Dublin. Photo: Ben Westoby
Type: Sculpture
External Link: https://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/event/kaleidoscope-mystics-rationalists/
Medium: Human skull, white gold leaf, meteorite, marble, pitch pine, telescope

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