Corner Piece, 1992
In 1966, Richard Artschwager made the first of a long series of sculptures that reproduce, in three-dimensions, punctuation marks borrowed from written language. Some are on a human scale, others are placed on pedestals and still others take the form of sculptural reliefs on the wall. Made from wood or Formica, an industrial material frequently used by the artist, they combine elements of Conceptual art, Minimalism, Surrealism and Pop. Artschwager selects signs associated with the emotional role of language. Humorous, and with a certain sensuality, they literally punctuate the exhibition space. Despite being transformed into physical objects that are totally removed from their original linguistic context, they have not lost their exclamatory power. In this way the artist turns the space into an anonymous voice that,somehow, implicates everyone.
Technical details
- Original title:
- Corner Piece
- Registration number:
- 1708
- Artist:
- Artschwager, Richard
- Date created:
- 1992
- Date acquired:
- 2001
- Status:
- On display
- Fonds:
- MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation
- Object type:
- Sculpture
- Media:
- Formica, wood and metal
- Dimensions:
- 90.2 x 38.1 x 11.4 cm (height x width x depth)
- Edition number:
- Ed. 7/30
- Room:
- Meier Building, Level 1
- Credits:
- MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation. Private long-term loan, Barcelona
- Copyright:
- © Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Barcelona
- It has accessibility resources:
- No
The MACBA Collection features Catalan, Spanish and international art and, although it includes works from the 1920s onwards, its primary focus is on the period between the 1960s and the present.
For more information on the work or the artist, please consult MACBA's Library. To request a loan of the work, please write to colleccio [at] macba.cat.
If you need a high resolution image of the work, you must submit an image loan request.
