David HALL British, 1937-2014
Displacement (Removal Piece), 1970
Black and white photograph
48 x 76 cm (image)
84 x 109.5 cm (framed)
84 x 109.5 cm (framed)
'In 1970 I made (un-made) my last sculpture, certainly of that kind, at the ICA exhibition British Sculpture out of the Sixties. At the same time there was a show...
'In 1970 I made (un-made) my last sculpture, certainly of that kind, at the ICA exhibition British Sculpture out of the Sixties. At the same time there was a show in Japan, the other side of the world, where I had sent one of my earlier floor sculptures. At the ICA I delineated the precise shape of the piece sent to Japan on the gallery floor. It was a painted floor, and having delineated the shape I sanded away the paint. So I didn't put anything into the gallery, I took something out, I took the paint out. People came to see the show and were standing in the area looking at other sculptures, not noticing it often, which in a way I enjoyed - it gave it a completely different dimension...' DH, interview by Stephen Partridge, Transcript magazine vol 3, issue 3, 1999.
Exhibitions
1970 Displacement (Removal Piece), sanded floor in British Sculpture Out of the Sixties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK.
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