Pass
Alex Allan
Pass
Alex Allan
Reference
SAS0001_004
Year
2020
Dimensions (cm)
Height: 40
Length: 40
Depth: 10
Length: 40
Depth: 10
Materials
Concrete
Current Location
Artist's studio.
Suitable Locations for the Work
- Indoors
- Outdoors
- Floor-based
- Freestanding
- On a plinth
- In a case
Background, history, commissioner of the work
Produced during a public sculpture commission for Midlothian Council, in response to a local coal seam.
Thematic/contextual information
The work was a material exploration and test-run for a larger public work that now sits outside Danderhall Community Hub. The aptly named coal seam, The Beefie, which runs underneath Midlothian, was streaked with layers of white stone, resembling a choice cut of beef. This geological phenomenon is hinted at here using pigmented concrete.