66. Hanger-on
Title: Hanger-on
Date: 1990
Subject: A man and woman embracing
Measurements: 11” W x ¾” D x 21 ½” H
Materials and Techniques: Two wooden hangers, two cutouts from reproduction postcards and/or art books, wooden form
Description: Using a vertical, rectangular piece of wood as its base, this decorative wall piece depicts an intimate embrace between a man and woman. The man’s head is represented using a cutout of a man’s face from a work of art. The arms of a vertically oriented placed wooden hanger form his body. The woman’s head is similarly represented using a cutout of a woman’s face from a work of art. Her body is also made from the arms of wooden hangers. One hanger arm represents her neck and torso, while two other arms represent her legs, which appear to wrap around the man’s waist. The man and woman appear face to face, as though they are about to kiss.
Signed: “NSG 90” etched into bottom right-hand corner of base
Note: Exhibited as #54 “Hanger-on” at Duncan Campbell’s gallery in 1994. Cost: 850 British pounds.