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Accursed Gilded Wishes

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Kochel, Jason

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Canberra Contemporary Artspace

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The Gilded, 2010 A sculptural work replicating a gilded chalice holding a reliquary offering of organs. fat, gilded aluminium, gut, glass, chain 178 x 30 x 30 cm The Wishful, 2010 A sculptural work consisting of a bronze votive heart offering sits atop a wax cushion and my mother’s table. wax, bronze, Mother's table dimensions variable The Accursed, 2010 A hanging sculptural work of hair and an orifice, resembling the woven nests of the weaver bird. Beneath the hair sits a vessel encrusted with salt crystals. Inside the ‘nest’ hangs a bronze votive organ. hair, wax, shellac & dragon's blood (Dracoena cinnabar), bronze, plaster, copper, salt dimensions variable

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2037-12-31
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