Allan Watson, Even Feeble Starlight Shines

no more nails

2014

langstane place studio

a body of work that copied basic tools such as work benches, saw horses, hammers, and the ubiquitous ‘wooden pallet’. The choice of objects stemmed from a curiosity about the ‘aesthetics of labour’ and our attitudes towards manual skill, patience and craftsmanship in comparison to machine technologies, global economics and mass production.

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Allan Watson, Enter the Forest and Happiness May be Yours
Allan Watson, Enter the Forest and Happiness May be Yours
Allan Watson, Enter the Forest and Happiness May be Yours
Allan Watson, Enter the Forest and Happiness May be Yours
Allan Watson, Even Feeble Starlight Shines
Allan Watson, Even Feeble Starlight Shines
Even Feeble Starlight Shines
Allan Watson, Proposal for Boardroom Art
Allan Watson, Proposal for Boardroom Art
Allan Watson, Proposal for Boardroom Art
Allan Watson, the same mistakes do not happen to everyone
Allan Watson, Same Mistakes
configuration sixteen-four-zero-seven, 2007, wood, variable, no longer extant
configuration sixteen-four-zero-seven, 2007, wood, variable, no longer extant
configuration six-ten-zero-seven, 2007, wood, variable, no longer extant
configuration six-ten-zero-seven, 2007, wood, variable, no longer extant
woodwork wood work, 2010, wood, 60 units each, no longer extant
woodwork wood work (detail)
woodwork wood work, 2010, wood, 60 units each, no longer extant
woodwork wood work (burning), 2010, video still
beauty depends on an emptiness (part i), 2010, foam board, 700x800x95mm, available
familiar ideas – impossible ideals (part i), 2010, coloured mounting card, 400x300mm unframed, photo by stuart johnstone, public collection
Allan Watson, Artist, familiar ideas – impossible ideals (part i) (detail), photo george cheyne
familiar ideas – impossible ideals (part ii), 2010, foam board, 400x300mm unframed, photo by stuart johnstone, public collection
Allan Watson, Artist, familiar ideas – impossible ideals (parts i & ii), 2010, foam board, 495x1000x90mm, photo george cheyne, public collection
familiar ideas – impossible ideals (part ii), 2010, foam board, 400x300mm unframed, photo by stuart johnstone, public collection
knowledge abides in the unlikeliest of places, 2010, coloured mounting board, 580x780x90mm, available
actuality as opposed to potentiality, 2010, 790x790mm / 790x275mm (fraser image), ghat collection
Allan Watson, Artist, actuality as opposed to potentiality, 2009, coloured mounting board, 780x780x90mm, photo steve smith, private collection
Allan Watson, Artist, actuality as opposed to potentiality, 2009, coloured mounting board, 780x780x90mm, photo steve smith, private collection
Allan Watson, Artist, possessed with a desire to labour, 2009, coloured mounting board, 780x780x90mm, photo steve smith, private collection
Allan Watson, Artist, possessed with a desire to labour, 2009, coloured mounting board, 780x780x90mm, photo steve smith, private collection
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