work
the forty thieves
| category | Installation |
| subject | Landscape, Abstract |
| tags | leduc, astratto, installazione |
| base | 77 cm |
| height | 197 cm |
| depth | 17 cm |
| year | 1996 |
Weightless and impressive, the
forty thieves tell in silence the tale of
flesh being stripped bare, of matter
being patiently removed, of thoughts
becoming rarer and rarer, of anguish
being sublimated.
40 monoliths in space, a reference to
Kubrick in the depiction of the burial rite,
the universal dignity of death. Gone is
anxiety.
silence, weightlessness, otherwordliness
the forty thieves (excerpt)
laura lieto 1996
41 structures in hempen cloth (mattress covers of the 1950’s from a disused
hospital) held by internal wood frames Prepared with marble powder and drawn in pencil
forty thieves tell in silence the tale of
flesh being stripped bare, of matter
being patiently removed, of thoughts
becoming rarer and rarer, of anguish
being sublimated.
40 monoliths in space, a reference to
Kubrick in the depiction of the burial rite,
the universal dignity of death. Gone is
anxiety.
silence, weightlessness, otherwordliness
the forty thieves (excerpt)
laura lieto 1996
41 structures in hempen cloth (mattress covers of the 1950’s from a disused
hospital) held by internal wood frames Prepared with marble powder and drawn in pencil
