64. Footloose
Title: Footloose (working title)
Date: 1984
Subject: Abstract Man
Measurements: 15 ½” W x 8 ½” D x 22 ½” H
Materials and Techniques: Wooden arched rectangular frame, pieces of a wooden toy train track, wooden shoe lasts, wooden shapes
Description: A series of wooden objects form the shape of a man within an arched, rectangular, vertical wooden frame. The arch of the top of his head as well as his arms and legs are represented by toy wooden train track parts. Two small wooden pegs represent his eyes and a wooden cone sliced in half vertically represents his nose. Two wooden shoe lasts project from the frame, representing his feet. They are attached to the wooden frame on hinges, allowing them to move vertically.
Signed: “NSG 84” etched on back
Note: Exhibited at Camden Art Centre, 1980