Vlassis Caniaris: Composition (1974)

From the late 1950s Vlassis Caniaris (1928–2011) made use of materials ready at hand, deploying colour and surface to make human-scale sculptures from makeshift and abandoned objects. From the 1960s he began to create resourceful, caustic compositions made from objects and materials bearing the traces of use, such as wire netting, plaster, clothes, artificial flowers, cardboard boxes, newspaper clippings and suitcases. This display presents a single work, 'Composition'. A pair of yellow legs stand on a white stool, both feet wearing buckled grey shoes; the legs are a pair of tights, shaped to stand tall, albeit rather misshapen.

Vlassis Caniaris
Composition (1974)
Ort: Gallery 4