Relief à déplacement continuel
Hugo Demarco (Buenos Aires 1932 - Paris 1995)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1967
Materials
Laminate plastic, plastic and steel
Measurements
302 x 300 x 130 mm
Order this imageCollection
2 Willow Road, London
NT 112664
Summary
A kinetic sculpture, ‘Metal Rings’, [Relief à déplacement continuel] by Hugo Demarco (1932-1995), comprising a rectangular wooden box with black laminate face, to which are affixed steel flat rings which rotate eccentrically at different speeds, when electric power is switched on. Perspex back, white plastic clad electricity cable issues from underside.
Provenance
Exhibited at ‘Demarco, dynamique de l'image’, Galerie Denise René, Paris, April-May 1968. Denise René à Londres. Abstraction Géométrique, Lumière et Mouvement, Art Optique et Cinétique, Redfern Gallery, no. 44, 1968. Acquired by 1969 by Ernö Goldfinger (1902-1987) and Ursula Ruth Blackwell, Mrs Ernö Goldfinger (1909-1991). Bequeathed to the National Trust, formally acquired in 1994.
Credit line
National Trust Collections (2 Willow Road, The Ernő Goldfinger Collection)
Makers and roles
Hugo Demarco (Buenos Aires 1932 - Paris 1995), artist
References
Isabel Plante, 'Kinetic Multiples: Between Industrial Vocation and Handcrafted Solutions', in Rachel Rivenc and Reinhard Bek (eds.), Keep It Moving? Conserving Kinetic Art, Getty Conservation Institute, 2018., https://www.getty.edu/publications/keepitmoving/theoretical-issues/13-plante/