The Slow Liquidity of Glass
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About the work
- Location
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Country: Singapore
City: Singapore
Place: British High Commission
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About the artist
Born in London, Corin Sworn studied Psychology and Art History at the University of British Columbia; and Integrated Media at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver. She completed her MFA at the Glasgow School of Art in 2009. She has held residencies at the Bauhaus in Dessau; and at the LUX in London. Solo exhibitions of Sworn's work include shows at the Tramway, Glasgow (2010); Tate Britain (2011); and the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2011). In 2013, her commissioned work 'The Rag Papers' was shown at Chisenhale Gallery; and that year she co-represented Scotland at the Venice Biennial along with Hayley Tompkins and Duncan Campbell as part of Scotland + Venice 2013.
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Explore
- Places
- Subjects
- domestic objects, wine glass (as Subject), glass, light, domestic space, appropriation, reuse, attention
- Materials & Techniques
- paper (as artists material), Fujicolour Crystal Archive paper, photograph (as object name), C-type photograph
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Details
- Artist
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Corin Sworn (1976 - )
- Title
- The Slow Liquidity of Glass
- Edition
- Number 47 in an edition of 50 plus 5 artist's proofs
- Date
- 2013
- Medium
- C-type photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- height: 33.5 cm; width: 50.9 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Chisenhale Gallery, January 2020
- Provenance
- Commissioned by Chisenhale Gallery, London UK; from whom purchased by UK Government Art Collection, 17 January 2020
- GAC number
- 18847