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Work Type:	sculpture
Date of work:	1998
Materials:	medium: silicone glue, water
Measurements:	dimensions extent: variable
Style Period:	contemporary art
Subject:	non-representational, ephemeral, space

Description:	Athanasios Argianas creates ephemeral gestures in space. He simulates small incidents. The suggestion of a broken piece of glass on the floor is made with the low tech trompe l'oeil materials of glue and water. Like discarded special effects, they seem to be problems rather than works themselves. The quiet pitch of their abject status makes us question what is, or, what is not worth looking at. [MORE] [LESS] Athanasios Argianas creates ephemeral gestures in space. He simulates small incidents. The suggestion of a broken piece of glass on the floor is made with the low tech trompe l'oeil materials of glue and water. Like discarded special effects, they seem to be problems rather than works themselves. The quiet pitch of their abject status makes us question what is, or, what is not worth looking at.

Source:	From a series of conversations held at different times between Keith Tyson, Sacha Craddock and Simon Morrissey and between Susan Hiller, Sacha Craddock and Des Lawrence. “New Contemporaries 99”, exhibition catalogue, Manchester, 1999.

Date of source:	1999