Richard Deacon
(Bangor, Gwynedd, 1949 - )
Cover
1990
Medium density fiberboard, wood and copper
72 x 132 x 48 in. (182.9 x 335.3 x 121.9 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Museum Acquisition Fund and The Mary S. and Louis S. Myers Endowment Fund for Painting and Sculpture
1991.115 a,b
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Though Deacon rarely works from sketches, the overall contour of Cover is based on a drawing he made of Laurasia, one of the hypothetical primordial land masses from which our current five continents divided. The bumpy, grid-like skin of Cover brings to mind natural organisms and geological surfaces as well as manufactured objects. Deacon’s ambiguity suggests an unwillingness to believe that there is one “right” meaning, a trait central to much of the art of the 1980s and 1990s.
Keywords
Abstract artBritish
Copper
Sculpture
Mixed media
Wood