2006-2007
cardboard, box strapping and urethane foam
72″ x 8′ 4″ x 58″ (182.9 cm x 254 cm x 147.3 cm)Photo by: Joshua White / Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York
© Tim Hawkinson, Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York
Pneuman, 1994 6' 7"(H) x 4' 6"(W) x 3' 2"(D)
Ace Gallery
Überorgan, 2000
Woven Polyethylene, Nylon Net, Cardboard Tubing & Various Mechanical Components
Dimensions Variable
"Hawkinson is renowned for creating complex sculptural systems through surprisingly simple means. His installation “Überorgan”—a stadium-size, fully automated bagpipe—was pieced together from bits of electrical hardware and several miles of inflated plastic sheeting. Hawkinson’s fascination with music and notation can also be seen in “Pentecost,” a work in which the artist tuned cardboard tubes and assembled them in the shape of a giant tree. On this tree the artist placed twelve life-size robotic replicas of himself, and programmed them to beat out religious hymns at humorously irregular intervals. The source of inspiration for many of Hawkinson’s pieces has been the re-imagining of his own body and what it means to make a self-portrait of this new or fictionalized body."
< http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/hawkinson/index.html >
"Hawkinson is renowned for creating complex sculptural systems through surprisingly simple means. His installation “Überorgan”—a stadium-size, fully automated bagpipe—was pieced together from bits of electrical hardware and several miles of inflated plastic sheeting. Hawkinson’s fascination with music and notation can also be seen in “Pentecost,” a work in which the artist tuned cardboard tubes and assembled them in the shape of a giant tree. On this tree the artist placed twelve life-size robotic replicas of himself, and programmed them to beat out religious hymns at humorously irregular intervals. The source of inspiration for many of Hawkinson’s pieces has been the re-imagining of his own body and what it means to make a self-portrait of this new or fictionalized body."
< http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/hawkinson/index.html >
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