The Ancient is the Modern (Bronze Columns)
Kathryn Hanna
The Ancient is the Modern (Bronze Columns)
Kathryn Hanna
Reference
SAS0154_001
Year
2017
Dimensions (cm)
Height: 240
Length: 60
Depth: 60
Length: 60
Depth: 60
Materials
Plaster, Plywood, MDF, Paint
Current Location
Blantyre
Suitable Locations for the Work
- Indoors
- Floor-based
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.