My First Lesson in Love
Sculpture
1995 (made)
1995 (made)
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My First Lesson in Love is made up from a series of individual images - each a fragment of print or some other material. For example, there are strands of silk from an old scarf that belonged to the artist's mother; rose petals from one of the many bouquets given to her by her boyfriend; a prayer to the Goddess Kali, a great source of inspiration for Ramjoorawon, who is Hindu by religion; fragments of copper, the artist's birth metal. Each is preserved between two layers of Perspex firmly riveted together to form a single block. These blocks can be fitted together in any order, and the order is flexible. The process crosses borders between print, sculpture and book.
The piece celebrates first love. It is conceived as a kind of diary, but one in which the events recalled in each image in each block can be rearranged in their relationship to each other. The artist likes the idea of people being able to take the blocks out of the box and allowing them to evoke aspects of their own lives. They could then arrange the blocks as they wished. The flexibility of arrangement suggests the process of memory: the way in which an event will trigger a chain of memories in a particular order, while another event may trigger something else. Alternatively, the artist suggests the idea that, if we could, we might re-construct our lives so that things turn out differently.
The piece celebrates first love. It is conceived as a kind of diary, but one in which the events recalled in each image in each block can be rearranged in their relationship to each other. The artist likes the idea of people being able to take the blocks out of the box and allowing them to evoke aspects of their own lives. They could then arrange the blocks as they wished. The flexibility of arrangement suggests the process of memory: the way in which an event will trigger a chain of memories in a particular order, while another event may trigger something else. Alternatively, the artist suggests the idea that, if we could, we might re-construct our lives so that things turn out differently.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 11 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Title | My First Lesson in Love (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Wood and perspex, with textile, screen printed paper and flower petals |
| Brief description | My First Lesson in Love by Natasha Ramjoorawon. boxed set of nine perspex blocks each of same size and shape and each containing a different object, such as a piece of fabric, print, rose petals etc. The blocks can be interlocked to form a three dimensional sculpture. Made 1995 MP3I7B is above MP300 My First Lesson in Love by Natasha Ramjoorawon. boxed set of nine perspex blocks each of same size and shape and each containing a different object, such as a piece of fabric, print, rose petals etc. The blocks can be interlocked to form a three dimensional sculpture. Made 1995 MP3I7B is above MP300 My First Lesson in Love by Natasha Ramjoorawon. boxed set of nine perspex blocks each of same size and shape and each containing a different object, such as a piece of fabric, print, rose petals etc. The blocks can be interlocked to form a three dimensional sculpture. Made 1995 MP3I7B is above MP300 My First Lesson in Love by Natasha Ramjoorawon. boxed set of nine perspex blocks each of same size and shape and each containing a different object, such as a piece of fabric, print, rose petals etc. The blocks can be interlocked to form a three dimensional sculpture. Made 1995 MP3I7B is above MP300 My First Lesson in Love by Natasha Ramjoorawon. boxed set of nine perspex blocks each of same size and shape and each containing a different object, such as a piece of fabric, print, rose petals etc. The blocks can be interlocked to form a three dimensional sculpture. Made 1995 MP3I7B is above MP300 My First Lesson in Love by Natasha Ramjoorawon. boxed set of nine perspex blocks each of same size and shape and each containing a different object, such as a piece of fabric, print, rose petals etc. The blocks can be interlocked to form a three dimensional sculpture. Made 1995 MP3I7B is above MP300 My First Lesson in Love by Natasha Ramjoorawon. boxed set of nine perspex blocks each of same size and shape and each containing a different object, such as a piece of fabric, print, rose petals etc. The blocks can be interlocked to form a three dimensional sculpture. Made 1995 MP3I7B is above MP300 My First Lesson in Love by Natasha Ramjoorawon. boxed set of nine perspex blocks each of same size and shape and each containing a different object, such as a piece of fabric, print, rose petals etc. The blocks can be interlocked to form a three dimensional sculpture. Made 1995 MP3I7B is above MP300 My First Lesson in Love by Natasha Ramjoorawon. boxed set of nine perspex blocks each of same size and shape and each containing a different object, such as a piece of fabric, print, rose petals etc. The blocks can be interlocked to form a three dimensional sculpture. Made 1995 MP3I7B is above MP300 My First Lesson in Love by Natasha Ramjoorawon. boxed set of nine perspex blocks each of same size and shape and each containing a different object, such as a piece of fabric, print, rose petals etc. The blocks can be interlocked to form a three dimensional sculpture. Made 1995 MP3I7B is above MP300 My First Lesson in Love by Natasha Ramjoorawon. boxed set of nine perspex blocks each of same size and shape and each containing a different object, such as a piece of fabric, print, rose petals etc. The blocks can be interlocked to form a three dimensional sculpture. Made 1995 MP3I7B is above MP300 |
| Physical description | A set of 9 (nine) interlocking perspex blocks in a purpose built compartmentalised, lidded, wooden case. The blocks are rectangular and interlocking in any order chosen by the viewer. Each block has sealed within it a fragment of other material such as rose petals, textile fragments, printed paper and cloth |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Copy number | unique impression |
| Credit line | Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund |
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| Summary | My First Lesson in Love is made up from a series of individual images - each a fragment of print or some other material. For example, there are strands of silk from an old scarf that belonged to the artist's mother; rose petals from one of the many bouquets given to her by her boyfriend; a prayer to the Goddess Kali, a great source of inspiration for Ramjoorawon, who is Hindu by religion; fragments of copper, the artist's birth metal. Each is preserved between two layers of Perspex firmly riveted together to form a single block. These blocks can be fitted together in any order, and the order is flexible. The process crosses borders between print, sculpture and book. The piece celebrates first love. It is conceived as a kind of diary, but one in which the events recalled in each image in each block can be rearranged in their relationship to each other. The artist likes the idea of people being able to take the blocks out of the box and allowing them to evoke aspects of their own lives. They could then arrange the blocks as they wished. The flexibility of arrangement suggests the process of memory: the way in which an event will trigger a chain of memories in a particular order, while another event may trigger something else. Alternatively, the artist suggests the idea that, if we could, we might re-construct our lives so that things turn out differently. |
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| Accession number | E.836-2002 |
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| Record created | July 14, 2003 |
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