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Things Must Go

By  Julie Mecoli 1998 - 2005

Dimensions
200cm x 160cm x 240cm

No more me. How does art address issues concerning the individual in nature, society and art? This is a reliquary for old sculptures. From the outside the piece looks like a shed. The interior contains sculptures. Reliquaries are used to preserve. The sculptures and this reliquary have been burned to ashes and no longer exist. 

Interior of Things Must Go (sculptures door open)

Interior of Things Must Go (sculptures1)

Interior of Things Must Go (sculptures 2)

Interior of Things Must Go (sculptures 3 detail)

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