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Face Value, 1999

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September 19, 2017

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Friendly Frigidaire, 1992

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June 21, 2017

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From the dusty slide archives, in a time before web. This is a work made in 1992 while still at Ilam art school: Friendly Frigidaire, comprised of fridge condensers and gas bottles. I remember that the hole in the ozone layer (periodically over NZ) was big environmental news around that time, with chlorofluorocarbons in refrigerants and aerosols being a significant cause of the problem. Thanks to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, CFCs have been progressively banned internationally since then. I remember I was kind of obsessed with @ashleybickerton's “commercial pieces” and “Anthropospheres” around that time, as well as having a fondness for minimalist sculpture. Part of this "A Comfortable Environment" series was shown as part of a small group show at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery the following year, curated by William McAloon (RIP), but not this particular piece installed at the Ilam Campus Gallery in '92. #sculpture #contemporaryart #nzart #installationart

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