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Banks Violette — ghost
Banks Violette

ghost

2002

"Ghost" by Banks Violette is a haunting sculptural installation that combines industrial and synthetic materials—epoxy, polystyrene, cast fiberglass, plywood, and IV units of water—to conjure a presence that is simultaneously physical and ethereal. Violette's work exists at the intersection of subcultural iconography and existential dread, using clinical and construction materials to evoke themes of absence, entropy, and the spectral residue of violence. The piece embodies the artist's recurring fascination with the aesthetics of rock music, ritual, and destruction, crystallizing a moment of collapse into a stark, unsettling form.

Medium
epoxy, polystyrene, cast fiberglass, plywood and IV units water
Dimensions

Notes

Execution: Executed in 2002.

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Banks Violette, ghost, 2002

"Ghost" by Banks Violette is a haunting sculptural installation that combines industrial and synthetic materials—epoxy, polystyrene, cast fiberglass, plywood, and IV units of water—to conjure a presence that is simultaneously physical and ethereal. Violette's work exists at the intersection of subcultural iconography and existential dread, using clinical and construction materials to evoke themes of absence, entropy, and the spectral residue of violence. The piece embodies the artist's recurring fascination with the aesthetics of rock music, ritual, and destruction, crystallizing a moment of collapse into a stark, unsettling form.

Medium
epoxy, polystyrene, cast fiberglass, plywood and IV units water
Dimensions
149.2 x 149.2 cm
Year
2002
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dark Mood, Male Artist, Sculpture, Conceptual Art, Industrial Materials, Gothic Aesthetic, Contemporary Artist, Post-Minimalism, American Artist, Monochromatic, Early 2000s, Three-Dimensional

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