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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Contemporary Glass, Room 129, The Märit Rausing Gallery

Brick Man

Figure
2002 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hanging figure, sections of glass (bricks) interlinked with wire and suspended. White float glass slump-formed over moulds taken from the artist's own body, interlinked with steel wire, suspended on 1.5 mm stainless steel tension cable. Unsigned.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Brick Man (assigned by artist)
  • The Creators (series title)
Materials and techniques
White float glass, slump-formed over moulds, interlinked with steel wire, suspended on stainless steel tension cable
Brief description
Brick Man, hanging figure, sections of glass (bricks) interlinked with wire and suspended, Max Jacquard, England (Kent), 2002
Physical description
Hanging figure, sections of glass (bricks) interlinked with wire and suspended. White float glass slump-formed over moulds taken from the artist's own body, interlinked with steel wire, suspended on 1.5 mm stainless steel tension cable. Unsigned.
Dimensions
  • Height: 200cm
Object history
First shown with Clothman and Wickerman as a group, The Creators', in Solid as Air: New Work in Glass, Crafts Council, 2002.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ceramics and Glass Collection Object Information File
Collection
Accession number
C.127-2003

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Record createdNovember 12, 2003
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