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I Love You Still
I Love You Still
I Love You Still

I Love You Still

Artist (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, born 1960)
Date1994
Mediumtree limb and human hair
ClassificationsSculptures
DimensionsOverall: Height: 156.5 cm, Width: 68.5 cm, Depth: 5 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2000 by the Saatchi Collection through the National Art Collections Fund.
Copyright© Jordan Baseman (2002)
LocationOn Display - Sculpture Court
Object numberABDAG013854
Keywords
About MeIn 'I Love You Still', a truncated branch sprouts human hair. The hairy limbs resemble the limbs of a scrawny body; flayed, they become a metaphor of excruciating vulnerability of human relationships and love. The realism of the strands of hair adds considerably to the work's discomforting presence.

This is the first of a number of works created by the artist using real human hair. The title was inspired by some graffiti painted on a wall opposite a tower block, near his studio in Stratford. Jordan Baseman graduated from Goldsmiths' College of Art, London in 1988. His work was included in 'The British Art Show 4' which toured to Manchester, Edinburgh and Cardiff in 1995-96.

More About Me

Many a visitor has been heard to refer to this piece as 'the hairy stick!' A metaphor for the vulnerability of human relationships and love - what do you make of it?

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