Unstable by Ian Burns

Artwork Description

Original title of the artwork: Unstable

Ian Burns’ works reimagine the consumer technologies that now define many human activities. In Circle (2016), two inflated latex gloves levitate around a ring of fans programmed to turn on and off in sequence. For Burns, who lives in New York City, the gloves represent a ‘carnivalesque’ stand-in for human beings; and are used in response to both the Australian news about the treatment of asylum seekers, and police violence against African Americans in the USA.

Artwork details

Artwork year 2014
Artwork dimensions 80,00 (H) x 180,00 (W) x 67,00 (D) cm /
31,50 (H) x 70,87 (W) x 26,38 (D) inch
Artwork style Contemporary Art
Artwork materialWood
Additional info
Wood, black light, fluorescent ink, inkjet print and timing system