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Vacuum (1994)

Steven Pippin

perspex, aluminium and TV monitor

Manchester Art Gallery

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Classification:

Installation, Sculpture

Materials:

Perspex, Aluminium, Monitor

Physical Object Description:

Sculpture comprising of a small television monitor, with its outer casing removed to reveal the internal workings, and a pair of tall aerial shafts forming antennae fixed to its top. The monitor is vacuum sealed in a perspex bubble (to eliminate any transmission sounds), which is spherical in form with two tall 'ears' encompassing the aerials; the bubble is sealed with a black trim. The whole rests on a tall, aluminium stand with four legs formed from interlocking aluminium.

Dimensions:

240 x 75 x 48 cm

Accession Number:

1996.34

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1996

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the Victoria Miro, London by Edward Lee for the Contemporary Art Society, with the aid of a grant from the Henry Moore Foundation, 1994; presented to Manchester Art Gallery, 1996

Relationship:

Edward Lee Victoria Miro Gallery, London, Venice Manchester Art Gallery

Subject:

Mass media

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