Ironing

Student work. Starting point has been the ongoing uneasiness with the creation of more and more art objects. Using (female) housekeeping techniques (ironing) and materials which are only used in this context as well. Getting away from the “eternal form”Overcoming the thinghood of (sculptural) objects. Cotton tissues are made sculptures by folding and ironing them. If you are tired of looking at them as art objects you may repurpose them into a different objects: as table cloth, napkin …

 

buegeln1

Ironing, 1998, cotton, tissue paper, ca. 60 x 10 x 10 cm

 

buegeln2

Ironing, 1998, cotton, tissue paper, ca. 18 x 8 x 8 cm

 

buegeln4

Ironing, 1998, cotton, tissue paper, ca. 12 x 12 x 18 cm

 

buegeln5

Ironing, 1998, cotton, tissue paper, ca. 70 x 18 x 4 cm

 

buegeln3

Ironing, 1998, cotton, tissue paper, ca. 12 x 12 x 2 cm

 

buegeln6

Ironing, 1998, cotton, tissue paper, ca. 25 x 10 x 3 cm

 

buegeln7

Ironing, 1998, cotton, tissue paper, ca. 50 x 20 x 3 cm

 

buegeln8

Ironing, 1998, cotton, tissue paper, ca. 50 x 30 x 4 cm

 

buegeln9

Ironing, 1998, cotton, tissue paper, ca. 28 x 6 x 2 cm

 

buegeln10

Ironing, 1998, cotton, tissue paper, ca. 25 x 20 x 2 cm

 

buegeln11

Ironing, 1998, cotton, tissue paper, ca. 38 x 15 x 5 cm