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Kendell Geers — Cardiac Arrest VIX
Kendell Geers

Cardiac Arrest VIX

2013

A shattered police baton, cast in luminous glass, is fragmented into 26 pieces and arranged to trace the ghostly outline of a human heart. Geers transforms an instrument of state violence and repression into something simultaneously beautiful and visceral, the cold transparency of the glass amplifying the tension between brutality and vulnerability. The work interrogates power, the body, and the fine line between protection and harm.

Medium
cast glass police baton, in 26 parts

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 17, 2017

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Kendell Geers, Cardiac Arrest VIX, 2013

A shattered police baton, cast in luminous glass, is fragmented into 26 pieces and arranged to trace the ghostly outline of a human heart. Geers transforms an instrument of state violence and repression into something simultaneously beautiful and visceral, the cold transparency of the glass amplifying the tension between brutality and vulnerability. The work interrogates power, the body, and the fine line between protection and harm.

Medium
cast glass police baton, in 26 parts
Year
2013
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dark Mood, Cast Glass, Glass, Institutional Critique, Male Artist, Found Object, Sculpture, South African Artist, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Artist, Violence And Power, Subversive, Dark And Confrontational, Installation Art, Transgressive Art, Fragmented Form, Political Art, Provocateur, Police Brutality

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