Artwork description:
Crocodile cast in solid bronze with nitrous oxide canister. Each edition is unique as the canisters, found by the artist, differ in appearance. Shortlisted for the inaugural Hepworth Prize for Sculpture, the artist Steven Claydon has generously gifted The Hepworth Wakefield this edition. All profits from the edition support The Hepworth Wakefield's ambitious exhibition programme.
Born in 1969, the London-based sculptor Claydon’s work is proof, if any were needed, that opposites attract. Often playful, always thought-provoking, his pieces are fusions of old and new and raw and man-made. A collector of cultural artefacts, Claydon repurposes objects and data into sculptures that are full of intentional contradictions. His work invites the viewer to become the excavator as objects from the past are re-conjured with contemporary materials and new technologies.
Materials used:
Bronze, nitrous oxide canister
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Vehicle for a Spent Dream (2017)
Mixed-media sculpture
by Steven Claydon
3 Artist Reviews
£1,000
- Mixed-media sculpture on Other
- From a limited edition of 10
- Size: 24.8 x 19 x 4cm
- Signed and numbered on the back
- Style: Abstract
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
Artwork description
Crocodile cast in solid bronze with nitrous oxide canister. Each edition is unique as the canisters, found by the artist, differ in appearance. Shortlisted for the inaugural Hepworth Prize for Sculpture, the artist Steven Claydon has generously gifted The Hepworth Wakefield this edition. All profits from the edition support The Hepworth Wakefield's ambitious exhibition programme.
Born in 1969, the London-based sculptor Claydon’s work is proof, if any were needed, that opposites attract. Often playful, always thought-provoking, his pieces are fusions of old and new and raw and man-made. A collector of cultural artefacts, Claydon repurposes objects and data into sculptures that are full of intentional contradictions. His work invites the viewer to become the excavator as objects from the past are re-conjured with contemporary materials and new technologies.
Materials used:
Bronze, nitrous oxide canister
Featured by our Editors:
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Artist Reviews (3)
This artwork is sold by Steven Claydon from United Kingdom
Steven Claydon
United Kingdom
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Born in 1969, the London-based sculptor and musician has performed and shown work internationally in exhibitions, including at Tate Modern and Switzerland’s Art Basel. He perhaps has the best claim... Read more
