Oxbridge strut
Barbara Ash
Oxbridge strut
Barbara Ash
Reference
SAS0132_004
Year
1995
Dimensions (cm)
Height: 31
Length: 37
Depth: 10
Length: 37
Depth: 10
Materials
Bronze
Current Location
Bristol, Forest of Dean
Suitable Locations for the Work
- Indoors
- On a plinth
- In a case
Background, history, commissioner of the work
This piece was funded and conceived by the artist and was part of a project exploring themes of hierarchies and power.
Thematic/contextual information
Oxbridge strut was part of a project exploring themes of hierarchies and power. I used the peacock for its aristocratic associations and as a metaphor for pride with its imperious and ostentatious bearing. The small person crouches on a line of tower blocks and references the classical caryatid pose of a figure upholding a large overhead structure.
