Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
Two Forms on a Rod
About this artwork
Influenced by Alberto Giacometti and surrealist sculpture from the late 1920s and early 1930s, Paolozzi here experiments with shape and volume. Two similar forms pierced by the supporting rod, face each other. While alike in shape, they oppose each other in alignment and direction, leaving room for interpretations of a balanced dialogue as well as a potential conflict.
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artist:
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title:Two Forms on a Rod
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date created:1948 - 1949
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materials:Bronze
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measurements:51.00 x 65.00 x 32.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1988
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accession number:GMA 3398
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gallery:
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photographer:Antonia Reeve
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
Of Italian descent, Paolozzi was born in Leith near Edinburgh. He studied in Edinburgh and London and spent two years in Paris from 1947, where he produced enigmatic, bronze sculptures reminiscent of those by Giacometti. During the same period he made a series of dada and surrealist-inspired collages in which…
