Sculpture as Hyphen as Sculpture / Ten Years of Hyphen Anniversary / 1975-1985
Drawing
1985 (drawn)
1985 (drawn)
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Paul Neagu (born 1930, Romania; died 2004 UK) has been an important figure in European art since the 1970s. His work and teaching have been influential. He worked in variety of media including sculpture, installation, painting and performance. This drawing is one of a group of 93 given by the artist to the V&A in 1999. This group of drawings was selected by the artist (with the curator Gill Saunders) to trace the development - as far as is possible through works on paper - of Neagu's career. The development, metamorphosis and recurrence of motifs can be seen in different media and variant forms. The drawings record several of his 'signature' forms: the hyphen, the starhead, and his so-called 'subject generator'. There are also studies which relate to installations and performances, and to his concept of 'generative art', an idea which was fundamental to his creative practice. The drawings as a group demonstrate the fascinating interplay of ideas across different media and over the passage of nearly 30 years.
Object details
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| Title | Sculpture as Hyphen as Sculpture / Ten Years of Hyphen Anniversary / 1975-1985 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, black ink and black ballpoint pen on graph paper printed in green with polar co-ordinates |
| Brief description | Paul Neagu: Drawing for the sculpture 'Hyphen'. 1985 |
| Physical description | Drawing for the sculpture 'Hyphen'. |
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| Credit line | Given by the artist |
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| Summary | Paul Neagu (born 1930, Romania; died 2004 UK) has been an important figure in European art since the 1970s. His work and teaching have been influential. He worked in variety of media including sculpture, installation, painting and performance. This drawing is one of a group of 93 given by the artist to the V&A in 1999. This group of drawings was selected by the artist (with the curator Gill Saunders) to trace the development - as far as is possible through works on paper - of Neagu's career. The development, metamorphosis and recurrence of motifs can be seen in different media and variant forms. The drawings record several of his 'signature' forms: the hyphen, the starhead, and his so-called 'subject generator'. There are also studies which relate to installations and performances, and to his concept of 'generative art', an idea which was fundamental to his creative practice. The drawings as a group demonstrate the fascinating interplay of ideas across different media and over the passage of nearly 30 years. |
| Bibliographic reference | p. 12
Lisa Le Feuvre, Gill Armstrong, <u>Palpable sculpture : Paul Neagu </u> [Leeds] : Henry Moore Institute, 2015. 91 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. 9781905462513 |
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| Accession number | E.347-1999 |
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| Record created | January 11, 2000 |
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