Cyclops I
Form
2006 (made)
2006 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Angela Jarman is a British artist working in the lost wax casting technique, creating sculptures in glass that are beautiful, yet have a lurking sense of unease and something uncomfortably sinister about them. Jarman's cast of natural objects to create these works entices you to look more closely, investigating their surface, whether it be polished, hard, smooth or sharp. Her work often incorporates multiple textural elements to create contrasts that both entice and repel the viewer.
Influences from her childhood, such as nature trails, television programmes, her biology class, and as she grew older her research into Freud's theories of the "uncanny" permeate her glass sculptures. After establishing her vocabulary of form using colourless glass, including black, she began incorporating metal elements to her glass pieces, which can be seen here in Cyclops I.
Angela Jarman is a key contemporary glass artist, producing sharp, confident, thought-provoking works.
Influences from her childhood, such as nature trails, television programmes, her biology class, and as she grew older her research into Freud's theories of the "uncanny" permeate her glass sculptures. After establishing her vocabulary of form using colourless glass, including black, she began incorporating metal elements to her glass pieces, which can be seen here in Cyclops I.
Angela Jarman is a key contemporary glass artist, producing sharp, confident, thought-provoking works.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Cyclops I (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Glass, sandblasted, polished, silver, lost wax casting technique |
| Brief description | 'Cyclops I', upright cast black glass form with silver detail, Angela Jarman, London, 2006 |
| Physical description | Black glass form sandblasted, with raised decoration that has polished rims. With a circular silver component fitting into it on one side near the top. The raised sucker-like decoration gives it the impression of an octopus' tentacle. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Silver hallmarks are:
AJ (maker’s mark for Angela Jarman)
Lion passant (sterling silver)
925 (92.5% silver)
Leopard’s head (London hallmark)
‘g’ in square with clipped corners (date letter for 2005) |
| Gallery label | Angela Jarman (born 1971)
Part of ‘Cyclops I’
2006
Childhood influences and Freud’s theories of the “uncanny” permeate Angela Jarman’s work. She makes casts of natural objects and uses repetition and change of scale to construct pieces that have a sense of beauty, but which also have a lurking sense of unease and something uncomfortably sinister. [47 words]
United Kingdom (London)
Glass formed using lost wax casting technique, metal.
Museum no. C.69:1&2-2007
(03/14) |
| Credit line | Gift of Adrian Sassoon, Esq. |
| Summary | Angela Jarman is a British artist working in the lost wax casting technique, creating sculptures in glass that are beautiful, yet have a lurking sense of unease and something uncomfortably sinister about them. Jarman's cast of natural objects to create these works entices you to look more closely, investigating their surface, whether it be polished, hard, smooth or sharp. Her work often incorporates multiple textural elements to create contrasts that both entice and repel the viewer. Influences from her childhood, such as nature trails, television programmes, her biology class, and as she grew older her research into Freud's theories of the "uncanny" permeate her glass sculptures. After establishing her vocabulary of form using colourless glass, including black, she began incorporating metal elements to her glass pieces, which can be seen here in Cyclops I. Angela Jarman is a key contemporary glass artist, producing sharp, confident, thought-provoking works. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.69:1, 2-2007 |
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| Record created | December 14, 2007 |
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