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Artist Kathleen Sellars (Canadian)

Artist Susan Shantz (Canadian, b. 1957)

Date1996 - 2000

Place of ManufactureNorth America

MediumMaterial: wax; wood; glass; steel wool; sisal; rubber; metal; found objects

DimensionsOverall (height of installed piece; wi & depth are for the shelves;): 213 x 30.5 x 18.2 cm

ClassificationsFINE ART

Credit LinePurchased through a Bequest from the three Holmes sisters, Gladys Doris and Marjorie

Object number2007.032.001 a-z

DescriptionThis collaborative, process oriented sculpture is comprised of twenty pieces on six glass shelves. It was produced as a mail art project or conversation in objects between the two artists. The sculpture objects are arranged vertically on glass shelves: from top to bottom (a) a wooden ball with metal rivets and wax coating; by Sellars (b) elongated piece with rounded sections formed from brown wax; (c-i) seven discs with metal additions (nails etc), threads, fibres and wax coating; by Shantz, (j-n) five glass eyeballs with black wax coating; by Sellars, (o) tear shaped object wrapped with rubber strips, coated with wax and with a small eye at one end; by Shantz, (p-s) four wooden eggs with attached fibre cord; by Sellars, (t) ring with steel wool and thread wrapping, and a rope with an attached ball at the end; by Shantz;

Status

Not on view