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Ell / ells - step / steps (2 volumes)

Stanley Brouwn - Ell / ells - step / steps (2 volumes)
Artist's book.
Measurement of space constitutes the heart of the work of Stanley Brouwn. In this set, the artist mentions ell and step measurements taken of different types of material such as iron pipe, plastic tube, wooden lath, aluminum strip, elastic band, copper wire and nylon rope, delivering this way a kind of statement of a space.

Material: iron pipe
length: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7/ 8 / 9 / 10 / ell / step

Material: plastic tube
length: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / ell / step

Material: wooden lath
length: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / ell / step

Material: aluminium strip
length: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / ell / step

Material: elastic band
length: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / ell / step

Material: copper wire
length: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / ell / step

Material: nylon rope
length: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / ell / step
Limited edition of 400 numbered copies.
Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017), a Dutch artist of Surinamese origin, is a historical figure of conceptual art whose work, rigorous and discreet, proposes a radical and immediate experience of the relationship between the body and space.
 
published in 1998
English edition
15,6 x 15,6 cm (softcover)
2 x 76 pages
 
200.00
 
in stock


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