Saved, 2008
Purchased bust ('Noyee de la Seine'); self-constructed, perforated and spray-painted MDF box; internally mounted and wired halogen spotlight
65cm x 30cm x 20cm
£1000
The artwork consists of a mounted bust (purchased) surrounded by a self-constructed and perforated MDF oblong box. The bust is toplit from within the box by an amber halogen spotlight.
The bust is of an unknown young woman who (possibly) drowned in the River Seine in Paris. It was used as a model for the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation doll 'Resusci Annie'.
Artform: 3D object
