Sylvia loves Sam Jinks in Artlink....
images from:http://www.theage.com.au/news/reviews/sam-jinks-distortions/2005/08/30/1125302559926.html
Sylvia: saw this in the front of artlink vol 26 no.1 looking at up and coming major exhibition openings across australia. "Random Access" was held at McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park along with the Montalto Sculpture Prize in March 2006. Sam Jinks exhibited this work entitled "Hanging Man".
It really striked me when i first saw it, because i thought it was a real person just hanging there in the gallery by their armpits. but when i studied it closer, it is obvious he has a very small, almost childlike body. it gives me creepy weird feelings. it just looks so real. id love to see it in real life.
posted by Polly Dance at 4:39 PM
3 Comments:
Benjamin Furner: Incredibly creepy, incredibly real. I must researh this artist.
I love that despite realising that the piece is a made object, not a real person, it still forces me to wonder why he has been put, or put himself, on the pegs. The fact that he's steadying himself adds to that even more than if he was just hanging.
-Ben
Ray(rachel):
This is really creepy,I thought it was a real person also.
It looks so realistic.Its really quite amazing, the way he's hanging is unusual,would love to see it up close and personal.
Sally:
Yo Sylvia.
Is this someone plucked straight out of Auschwitz? Or a fantastic sculpture that's so creepy it's cool.. I tend to think the latter, however i think history still lingers somewhere in this work.
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