The dappled light of the sun
Shawcross, Conrad2015
Book
Total copies: 1
The sculptures of Conrad Shawcross explore subjects that lie on the borders of geometry and philosophy, physics and metaphysics. As well as photography of his works in situ, this book contains working drawings, structural diagrams and a text by the architecture writer Patrick Sykes. The sculptures of Conrad Shawcross ra explore subjects that lie on the borders of geometry and philosophy, physics and metaphysics. For the 2015 Summer Exhibition's Annenberg Courtyard installation Shawcross created a large-scale, immersive work consisting of five cloud-like forms in steel. Made from thousands of tetrahedrons these stand at over six metres high and weigh five tonnes each. Shawcross explains: 'The Greeks considered the tetrahedron to represent the very essence of matter. In this huge work I have taken this form as my "brick", growing these chaotic, diverging forms that will float above the heads of visitors.' As well as photography of the works in situ, the publication contains working drawings, structural diagrams and a text by the architecture writer Patrick Sykes.
Main title:
The dappled light of the sun / Conrad Shawcross ; [essay by] Patrick Sykes.
Author:
Shawcross, Conrad, artist, writer of added textSykes, Patrick, writer of supplementary textual contentRoyal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), host institution, publisher
Edition:
[Standard edition].
Imprint:
London : Royal Academy of Arts, [2015]
Collation:
72 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
"First published on the occasion of Conrad Shawcross's installation The dappled light of the sun in the Annenberg Courtyard, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 8 June-16 August 2015"--Title page verso."This book is also published in a limited edition of 50, which includes a print: Bifurcation study for a cloud, 2015. Digital pigment print on 300 gsm Somerset paper, 155 x 155 mm, signed and numbered by the artist. Edition size: 50 plus 5 artist's proofs"--Title page verso.Formerly CIP. Uk
ISBN:
9781910350362 (paperback)
Dewey class:
730.92730.92 SHA
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
347614