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Abstract Mass
Abstract Mass

© the artist, courtesy of New Art Centre, Roche Court Sculpture Park. Image credit: Nick Turpin, courtesy of Sculpture in the City

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Nina Saunders has been fashioning domestic objects into odd and subversive works of art that can take on various readings depending on the context. 'Abstract Mass' is an armchair made of concrete and stainless steel, which begs the question of displacement. In a diverse city like London, this question gains political, cultural and personal significance. De-contextualised and re-contextualised, the work questions the boundaries between public and private space, between domesticity and domestication, between responding to the city plan and creating a 'situation'.

You are tempted to touch it, even sit on it, but upon closer inspection, you realize its surface is rough and uninviting. Is loneliness hard to bear? Does it make you feel small in a huge space? 'Abstract Mass' is a disruptive work that, in its isolation, makes us re-think of the city and its people, of solace and loneliness, of the material that may seem rough but has enormous potential, just like ourselves.

Sculpture in the City

London

Title

Abstract Mass

Date

2008

Medium

concrete & stainless steel

Measurements

H 78 x W 78 x D 92 cm

Accession number

EC3A_SITC_ABST

Acquisition method

on loan to Sculpture in the City, 9th Edition, 2019–2020

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

NewArtCentre

Custodian

Sculpture in the City

Installation start date

2019

Installation end date

2020

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at all times

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London, Greater London England

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