Bluebutter Idles
2014
140.0 x 120.0 cm
Arts Council Collection
helen elizabeth marten (1985 –)
Explore Helen Elizabeth Marten's contemporary art: sculpture, video & installation. Turner Prize winner, known for intricate works blending nature & culture.
Arts Council Collection (London, United Kingdom)
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A sculptor who continually shifts between two- and three-dimensional modes, Helen Marten makes videos and wall-based works as well as free-standing sculptures. Speaking about her sculptural assemblages, Marten describes her approach as ‘getting to the peripheries of a place – to somewhere on the edges – where things can’t quite be named with certainty.’ She goes on to say, ‘what I’m aiming at is the triggering of an avalanche of overlaps, a piling-up of absurdities.’
About this artwork
- Title: Bluebutter Idles
- Artist: helen elizabeth marten
- Year: 2014
- Original dimensions: 140.0 x 120.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Arts Council Collection
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Main color: White