Not sure but it looks dangerous.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
Addendum, 13 Aug 2023.
Basin Creek burn, 2018, Mathew Barney b 1967. cast and machined brass, cast copper and cast polyester, cast by Walla Walla Foundry, Washington State.
Formed from a giant tree burnt by lighting in the Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho. The detail casting suggests an ancient artefact from another era. The work appears as a piece of specialised equipment perched on a customised stand. The sculpture is a part of a larger multimedia project, Redoubt 2016-19, exploring the natural world and the human condition. "Redoubt" refers to the defensive military fortification associated with the American survivalist movement.
I somehow preferred ignorance with the suspicion it may have fallen from an alien spaceship. :-)
Not sure but it looks dangerous.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
Addendum, 13 Aug 2023.
Basin Creek burn, 2018, Mathew Barney b 1967. cast and machined brass, cast copper and cast polyester, cast by Walla Walla Foundry, Washington State.
Formed from a giant tree burnt by lighting in the Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho. The detail casting suggests an ancient artefact from another era. The work appears as a piece of specialised equipment perched on a customised stand. The sculpture is a part of a larger multimedia project, Redoubt 2016-19, exploring the natural world and the human condition. "Redoubt" refers to the defensive military fortification associated with the American survivalist movement.
I somehow preferred ignorance with the suspicion it may have fallen from an alien spaceship. :-)