The Ancient is the Modern (Altar)
Kathryn Hanna
The Ancient is the Modern (Altar)
Kathryn Hanna
Reference
SAS0154_002
Year
2017
Dimensions (cm)
Height: 35
Length: 100
Depth: 60
Length: 100
Depth: 60
Materials
Armagh Marble, Gold leaf, Birch Plywood, Red Pine
Current Location
Ayr
Suitable Locations for the Work
- Indoors
- Floor-based
- Freestanding
- On a plinth
- In a case
About the Artwork
This artwork features an adapted quote from Agesilaus II, King of Sparta, his original quote read: 'It is not the places which grace men, but men the places'.
Background, history, commissioner of the work
Originally created for the Artist's Degree show at Glasgow School of Art in 2017 entitled 'The Ancient is the Modern' and has since been exhibited at 'Materialism', the MacLaurin Art Gallery in 2018.
Thematic/contextual information
This artwork installation was influenced by the writings of French Archaeologist and Theologian André Parrot. He was the Director of the Louvre Museum from 1968 to 1972 and was noted for discovering the ancient Mesopotamian city of Mari. The artwork draws influence from historical drawings of the Temple of Solomon and the Temple of Taïnat, combining a conceptual framework, physical form and an exploration of language, which illuminates the similarities between the ancient and the modern. Evidenced in the creation of a feedback loop that exists from the past to the present.