Disgust (W93)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Tim Hunkin
Title
Disgust
Made in
Suffolk
Date
1982
Description
Wooden sculpture of a torso and head, with moving arms and electrical cables at the back of the figure.
Materials and techniques
Head carved from roof beams of an old church in Lowestoft. Body carved from demolition timber with a chainsaw.
Dimensions
length: 28cm
width: 27.5cm
height: 73cm
Object number
W93
Category
Related documents
Disgust, Tim Hunkin, 1982, Crafts Council Collection: W93. Film by Video in Common.
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Maker's statement
It was part of a series of experiments changing the expression on a face, without breaking it into segments like a puppet.
It was also an experiment in using mechanisms to do more subtle things than most of my work, but I found the atmosphere of the art galleries where it was displayed somehow deadening artificial, so since finishing my art gallery spectators, I’ve tried to work on things that can go out into the real world – the more unexpected the place, the better.
Tim Hunkin, 29 May 1992
It was also an experiment in using mechanisms to do more subtle things than most of my work, but I found the atmosphere of the art galleries where it was displayed somehow deadening artificial, so since finishing my art gallery spectators, I’ve tried to work on things that can go out into the real world – the more unexpected the place, the better.
Tim Hunkin, 29 May 1992