Art stuffing
1970
Medium
hessian, paper, enamel paint
Measurements
86.0 × 56.4 × 28.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Geoffrey Burke, 1985
© Courtesy of the artist and the Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Gallery location
Gallery 11
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Art stuffing suggests a link to the French Dada artist Marcel Duchamp and his ‘hyper-alertness’ towards issues of artistic style and authorship, the production of art as a commodity and its social use as a form of cultural capital. This work focuses on the economy of the museum, and the establishment, conservation and breakdown of both cultural value and the identity of the individual artist. In a deliberately rough-hewn way, Art stuffing expresses Aleks Danko’s fascination with the complexity of transactions and the transference of value.
Artwork Details
Edition
ed. 4/7
Inscription
inscribed in red and black paint u.l.: DANKO 7O EDITION. 4/7
Accession Number
S5-1985
Department
Australian Sculpture