Towards the Centre (signed poster)
Billy Apple, Artist
This is one of the
photographs
in our collection.
It was made in
Whanganui, Whanganui Region, New Zealand
in 1979.
About the Work
Part
of
Apples
1979/1980
tour
of
New
Zealand
galleries.
At
the
Sarjeant
the
intervention/alteration
in
the
gallery
space
was
to
move
'The
Wrestlers'
from
the
centre
of
the
dome.
Apple said of it – ‘The Wrestlers’ has gone. Most simply described TOWARDS THE CENTRE is the decision to displace The Wrestlers. As such, its replacement is not part of the work. It is entirely up to the gallery staff, the Council, the public of Wanganui, to decide whether it will return. If it does return, TOWARDS THE CENTRE will go. There is no middle ground. The Gallery has been put on the spot.
This means that as long as ‘The Wrestlers’ are not in the centre of the dome, Apple's work remains intact.
Apple said of it – ‘The Wrestlers’ has gone. Most simply described TOWARDS THE CENTRE is the decision to displace The Wrestlers. As such, its replacement is not part of the work. It is entirely up to the gallery staff, the Council, the public of Wanganui, to decide whether it will return. If it does return, TOWARDS THE CENTRE will go. There is no middle ground. The Gallery has been put on the spot.
This means that as long as ‘The Wrestlers’ are not in the centre of the dome, Apple's work remains intact.
Measurements
Image 420 x 295mm
Frame 475 x 375 x 30mm
Frame 475 x 375 x 30mm
Media
commercially printed poster
Description
Printed poster with an image of 'The Wrestlers' marble sculpture placed in the centre of the central dome at the Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui. Below the black and white photograph is text in red letters "TOWARDS THE CENTRE / The Given as an Art - / Political Statement" Followed by printed text in black "Billy Apple" next to the artists's signature handwritten in pencil. Below this is printed in black text "Sarjeant Gallery / Wanganui, New Zealand / 20 December, 1979 - 27 January, 0980"
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Purchased with a subsidy from the Q.E.II Arts Council, 1980
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
11 Feb 1980
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Accession Number:
1980/3/9
