Ghost IV
Floor to Wall Piece
2007 (made)
2007 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Sara Radstone (born 1955)
‘Ghost IV’
2007
‘Ghost IV’ looks like a natural form, but a closer
look reveals it to be a column of book edges. Like
many of Sara Radstone’s works, it uses the form
of the book to convey the suggestion of memory
and history. More specifically, it is part of a series
that – as the title suggests – explores absence and
loss by evoking the idea of ghosts within texts.
Made in London
Stoneware, hand-built from press-moulded slabs,
painted with slip and dark stain
Museum no. C.89:1, 2-2011
‘Ghost IV’
2007
‘Ghost IV’ looks like a natural form, but a closer
look reveals it to be a column of book edges. Like
many of Sara Radstone’s works, it uses the form
of the book to convey the suggestion of memory
and history. More specifically, it is part of a series
that – as the title suggests – explores absence and
loss by evoking the idea of ghosts within texts.
Made in London
Stoneware, hand-built from press-moulded slabs,
painted with slip and dark stain
Museum no. C.89:1, 2-2011
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Ghost IV (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, hand built, press moulded, slip, stains |
| Brief description | 'Ghost IV', stoneware, press moulded and hand built, painted with slip and stains, Sara Radstone, London, 2007 |
| Physical description | 'Ghost IV' is roughly six-seven foot tall, in two sections which join in the centre, its wide base sits on the floor, the forms bends back towards the wall and gets thinner until it tips the wall. It is stoneware, hand built and press moulded into a mould of book edges, then painted with slip and dark stains to enhance the texture |
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| Gallery label | Sara Radstone (born 1955)
‘Ghost IV’
2007
‘Ghost IV’ looks like a natural form, but a closer
look reveals it to be a column of book edges. Like
many of Sara Radstone’s works, it uses the form
of the book to convey the suggestion of memory
and history. More specifically, it is part of a series
that – as the title suggests – explores absence and
loss by evoking the idea of ghosts within texts.
Made in London
Stoneware, hand-built from press-moulded slabs,
painted with slip and dark stain
Museum no. C.89:1, 2-2011(12/2013) |
| Credit line | Given anonymously |
| Object history | Originally shown in the joint exhibition 'Sara Radstone and Partridge & Walmsley', Barrett Marsden Gallery, London, 29 June to 31 July 2007. |
| Summary | Sara Radstone (born 1955) ‘Ghost IV’ 2007 ‘Ghost IV’ looks like a natural form, but a closer look reveals it to be a column of book edges. Like many of Sara Radstone’s works, it uses the form of the book to convey the suggestion of memory and history. More specifically, it is part of a series that – as the title suggests – explores absence and loss by evoking the idea of ghosts within texts. Made in London Stoneware, hand-built from press-moulded slabs, painted with slip and dark stain Museum no. C.89:1, 2-2011 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.89:1-2011 |
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| Record created | November 9, 2011 |
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