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© The Artist
CONCRETE VEGETABLES 1998
Bob and Roberta Smith (1958 – )
Details
- Dimension
- 76 X 19 X 7 CM
- Media
- CONCRETE AND GLOSS PAINT
- Accession number
- P7446
Summary
A few concrete vegetables were made originally by my mother and grandmother. You might say their manufacture is a kind of family tradition. I make them these days as a fine art multiple object. I like the fact that they have made the transition from folk art eccentricity to fine art multiple. Each vegetable is unique, decorated in a particular way by the artist. It is the activity of making them rather than the object that fascinates me. My wife and I are presently teaching our son and daughter to make concrete vegetable sculpture.
Multiplication, The British Council 2001
Glossary
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Sculpture
A three-dimensional work of art. Such works may be carved, modelled, constructed, or cast. Sculptures can also be described as assemblage, in the round, relief, and made in a huge variety of media. Contemporary practice also includes live elements, as in Gilbert & George 'Living Sculpture' as well as broadcast work, radio or sound sculpture.