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Trundler sun

By  David Kemp 2006

David Kemp

Dimensions
960cm x 600cm x 420cm

Courtesy of
South West Arts, Tate Gallery, St Ives

An iron horse harnessed to a wheeled carriage bearing a gilded solar disc. Mounted inside a glazed and illuminated display case with other mechanical objects displayed as mythological characters, religious icons, cult objects and museum pieces, relics of previous technologies.
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