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'Sunlight for a Pandemic' by Honor Freeman
Summary
Object No.
2021/73/1Object Statement
Installation, 'Sunlight for a Pandemic', porcelain / gold lustre, made by Honor Freeman, Adelaide, South Australia, 2021Physical Description
A circular, mandala-like installation comprising of seventy-one individual weathered bars of soap in porcelain, slip-cast in various shapes and sizes, as if in various states of use and decay. Each soap component is coloured in a shade of yellow with weathered lines filled with golden lustre appearing as golden veins, with the soaps in lighter, soft lemon colour positioned at the outer edges and graduating to bright warm shades in the middle of the circle. At the centre of the work is a rectangular bar of soap completely gold lustred that sits atop a larger rectangular sponge in vibrant yellow, with the holes of the sponge flecked in gold.Short URL
https://ma.as/635486Dimensions
Height
30 mmWidth
790 mmSource
Credit Line
Powerhouse Commission, 2021Acquisition Date
12 September 2021Cite this Object
Harvard
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