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? Gavin Scobie

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Step Dated 1974
  • Scottish Art
`Step?, made in spring 1974, is one of Scobie?s first large-scale, welded aluminium sculptures, made simultaneously with a related work, `Turn?, but preceded by a much larger work, `Iris?. While his work was indebted to Donald Judd and Sol LeWitt, being unyielding and abstract, these three works marked a move towards a more personal, almost figurative mode. `Step? was partly inspired by Auguste Rodin?s `Walking Man? from 1877-8, in the sense of a figure having a strong forward movement, yet being balanced on two scissor-like legs; `Step? carries a related sense of movement and precarious balance. This idea is cemented in the title.

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Abstract art

Art in which there is no attempt to represent anything existing in the world, particularly used of the 20th century onwards. `Abstraction? refers to the process of making images that may in part derive from the visible world but which are reduced to basic formal elements.

Figurative art

A general term for art that refers to the real, visible world, used more specifically for the representation of the human figure.

Abstract art, Figurative art

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  • Acc. No. GMA 2950
  • Medium Aluminium
  • Size 204.50 x 110.50 x 32.00 cm
  • Credit Presented by Mrs Gabrielle Keiller 1985

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