Blue Steel Sombrero Vase
Artist
Bruce McLean
(Glasgow, Scotland, born 1944)
Date1994
Mediumsteel and plaster
ClassificationsSculptures
DimensionsOverall: Height: 54 cm, Width: 199 cm, Depth: 11 cm
Plinth Size: Height: 101 cm, Width: 329.1 cm, Depth: 49.6 cm
Plinth Size: Height: 101 cm, Width: 329.1 cm, Depth: 49.6 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1998 by Credit Suisse First Boston, through the National Art Collections Fund.
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LocationOn Display - Marischal College
Object numberABDAG013689
About MeBruce McLean was born in Glasgow in 1944. He studied at Glasgow School of Art and St Martin's School of Art. He is head of graduate painting at the Slade School of Art in London.This work formed part of 'Spaghetti alle Vongole Twice', a suite of works which, together with a glass wall and a pair of doors, were commissioned from the artist in 1994 for the staff restaurant of Credit Suisse (now Credit Suisse First Boston).
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It has been said that McLean "....consistently challenges art world hierarchies using sharp satire and subtle subversions". Is there evidence of this here?
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