Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Black Butt

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Black Butt
Image View: 
Overall view
Creator: 
David Nash (British (modern) sculptor, born 1945)
Location: 
exhibition: Fondation Maeght (Saint-Paul, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Location Note: 
623, chemin des Gardettes
GPS: 
+43.70059+7.115085
Date: 
2010 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
British (modern)
Style Period: 
Twenty-first century
Work Type 1: 
sculpture (visual work)
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
bronze, patinated black
Technique: 
casting (process)
Measurements: 
220 cm (diameter)
Subjects: 
contemporary (1960 to present); cycles or series; nonrepresentational art; trees; wood; organic
Description: 
Part of a series which began with wood, which was then cast. This 2010 version was cast in an edition of 3 (all the works have the same title, simply a different date). Nash is known around the world not least for his characteristic wood sculptures with partly or entirely charred surfaces. This black patinated bronze was cast from a wood model which was charred by a controlled flame, to give it a "new visual quality". Even from close up, their surface structure and color makes them seem as if they are made from charred wood; one has to touch them and knock on them to realize they are made of metal. (Source: Fondation Maeght [website]; https://www.fondation-maeght.com/en/)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier: 
7A1-NASH-MF-BB-A01
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.