Lady Grey (Bidding Stand) (2003)

Keith Wilson

galvanized steel, wood, paint and varnish

Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

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Classification:

Sculpture

Materials:

Galvanised steel, Wood, Paint varnish

Dimensions:

102 x 389.5 (assembled) cm

Accession Number:

ABDAG014476

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 2007

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Patricia Bickers for the Contemporary Art Society with funds from the National Collecting Scheme for Scotland (2003-2006) supported by the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council, 2006; presented to Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, 2007

Relationship:

Patricia Bickers Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Keith Wilson has created a family of steel structures. He has borrowed industrial materials for Lady Grey, which is made from the galvanised steel railings commonly used for holding pens for cattle and livestock.

Developing this connection with the agricultural industry, Wilson has made a pen or fold where the farmers rather than the farm animals might be contained. The structure recreates a bidding arena at a cattle auction.

The artist describes his sculptures as having a chameleon-like quality where the setting also has a role in their interpretation. He states that his work "explores the capacity sculptures have to mean different things according to their context, and how such peripheral meanings impact on their 'core' meanings."

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