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DNA Ball Sculpture

Textile Sculpture
2005 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rowan Mersh (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Textile sculpture comprised of 12 metres of knitted check jersey in pale blue, pleated to create tubes containing multi-size polystyrene balls.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Sculpture
Object type
Textile sculpture
Titles
  • DNA Ball Sculpture (assigned by artist)
  • Fabric Sculpture Series 1 (series title)
Materials and techniques
Stretchable jersey and polystyrene
Polystyrene
Jersey
Brief description
Textile sculpture entitled 'DNA Ball Sculpture' by Rowan Mersh. Great Britain, 2005.
Physical description
Textile sculpture comprised of 12 metres of knitted check jersey in pale blue, pleated to create tubes containing multi-size polystyrene balls.
Credit line
Given by Rowan Mersh
Bibliographic reference
The following is an excerpt written by the artist explaining this sculpture series on their official website, www.rowanmersh.com: "Although all fabric sculptures are exhibited in an interior/gallery context, I am also drawn to the female form as a means to communicate aspects of scale and movement in these works. The body is fundamentally a three dimensional form or space thus can be treated so in the installation of a sculpture. Whether installed in an interior space or on the female form, it is the creation of an affiliation between sculpture and the space it occupies, that determines the sub-sequential image or documentation of the work".
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.69-2016

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Record createdDecember 23, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1326608/dna-ball-sculpture-textile-sculpture-rowan-mersh/
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