Second Hand Political – Hany Armanious

Hany Armanious1995

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Hany Armanious is a sculptor who explores ideas of doubling and artifice through the transformation of objects. Utilising the process of casting, he creates simulacra of insigificant everyday objects, investing them with enigmatic value. Fastidious explorations of form, they are often decorative as well as humorous. 'Second hand political' is an installation about the basics of survival – food, clothing and shelter. Ambiguous and nonsensical, where one material masquerades as another, it involves a slippage of both materials and meaning across categories, suggesting that meaning is contingent on language and representation. In this collection of small objects set on timber plinths of different heights, sticks and bark resemble a camp fire, timber slices are stacked into bread bags which are illustrated with trees, ceramic mugs resemble hollow logs, and a small wooden elephant is a tooth pick holder.

作品介绍

• 标题: Second Hand Political
• 创作者: Hany Armanious
• 创作日期: 1995
• 类型: Sculpture
• 权利: Museum of Contemporary Art, gift of the artist, 2001. Image courtesy and copyright the artist.
• 外部链接: Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
• 材质: wood, metal, ceramic tiles, plastic, papier-m?ch?, ceramic cup, polystyrene, cotton, plastic bread bag, drift wood

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Museum of Contemporary Art Australia