Crocodylius Philodendrus
Crocodylius Philodendrus

© the artist, courtesy of Gagosian. Image credit: Lucy Dawkins, courtesy of Sculpture in the City

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As part of her series 'Diversifolia' – which in the scientific names of plants indicates a single species possessed with a considerable variety of leaf – 'Crocodylius Philodendrus' employs clusters of bouquet-like arrangements comprised out of a variety of animal forms that explode into space in all directions. Her calculated compositions employ a structural property called 'tensegrity', wherein individual parts are arranged in balanced compression and secured with tensile cables, that galvanises the aluminium crocodiles, hogs and deer, cast iron tortoises, and bronze zebras into purely formal, abstract components as they propel into space due to their aggregate momentum. Circumnavigating her towering assemblage reveals the transformation of found objects and industrial refuse into expertly orchestrated abstractions that are fluid and rhizomatic in nature.

Sculpture in the City

London

Title

Crocodylius Philodendrus

Date

2016–2017

Medium

cast iron, brass, bronze, aluminum, stainless steel armature & stainless steel wire cable

Measurements

H 433.1 x W 548.6 x D 489 cm;
Plinth: H 60 x W 560 x D 370 cm (E)

Accession number

EC3A_SITC_CROC

Acquisition method

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

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

Gagosian

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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