Steppenwolf (T138)

Catalogue Record

Collection

Maker

Title

Steppenwolf

Made in

London

Date

1990

Materials and techniques

Silk - wired and scorched with "brand" in a soldering iron; painted wall and pencilled wall shadows.

Object number

T138

Category

Maker's statement

The idea of the double, a split personality or two conflicting halves. The title refers to the Herman Hesse novel which is about a man whose soul is divided, and the attempt to integrate the two halves.