Daedalus
(1965)
Medium
steel, enamel paint
Measurements
64.1 × 130.0 × 41.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Sue Walker AM through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2010
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
Gallery location
Gallery 11
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Lenton Parr travelled to England in 1955 where he worked as an assistant to sculptor Henry Moore for two years. During this period, he created his first welded sculptures. Daedalus and Marina belong to a group of important works produced in 1965 that mark a major conceptual and stylistic shift in his practice. Parr’s earlier sculptures were typically more figurative and featured textured surfaces. From this point on, however, his work is characterised by a smooth and more streamlined finish, often assembled from circular and semicircular steel plates and strips.