DIANA VIVES, A FURTHER SHORE, 2023
ROOT OF A RED RIVER GUM BURNT IN A WILDFIRE, ON 20 TURNED AND LAQUERED BEECHWOOD LEGS, EACH FITTED WITH BRASS PIANO CASTORS, 180 x 170 x 90 cm (70 3/4 x 66 7/8 x 35 3/8 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, ARTEMIS, 2023
STONE PINE BEAM BURNT IN A WILDFIRE, FINE PORCELAIN POMEGRANATE, PATINATED BRASS ON MILD STEEL SUBSTRUCTURE AND LED-LIGHTS, 300 x 148 cm (118 x 58 1/4 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, BREATH, 2023
SLUMPED GLASS ON STONE (THIS ITERATION CARRARA MARBLE), 18 x 40 x 40 cm (7 x 15 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, CASSANDRA'S CHAMBER, 2023
Photographic Print, 88.5 x 108 cm (34 3/4 x 42 1/2 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, HYPHEN, 2023
OLD MILD STEEL CLOCKSPRING ENGRAVED BY HAND WITH A PASSAGE BY JORGE LUIS BORGES, SUSPENDED FROM A SOLID BRASS HANDMADE DOME, COILED OVER A SPLIT PILLAR OF WEST COAST MARBLE BRIDGED BY AN ORB OF BLOWN GLASS FILLED WITH WATER, 320 x 12 x 35 cm (126 x 4 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, MATER, 2023
CALLUS TISSUE OR 'WOUNDWOOD' OF A NORFOLK ISLAND PINE AND MIRROR, 50 x 70 x 50 cm (19 5/8 x 27 1/2 x 19 5/8 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, ON CONSERVATION OF MATTER, 2023
PIN OAK LADDER/ABACUS, WITH RUNGS OF ANTHRACITE ON BRASS RODS, GLASS, WATER, PAPER AND STRING, 300 x 48 x 60 cm (118 x 18 7/8 x 23 1/2 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, REST, 2023
FRAGMENT OF A COLLAPSED PILLAR FROM GROOTE SCHUUR HOSPITAL ON A STEEL BASE WITH RUBBER WHEELS, 40 x 40 x 40 cm (15 5/8 x 15 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, SIBYL, 2023
KAROO DOLERITE OR IRONSTONE (MOLTEN MAGMA COOLED CA. 180 MILLION YEARS AGO), 55 x 22 x 18 cm (21 5/8 x 8 5/8 x 7 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, SURROGATE, 2023
BURL OF A CENTENNIAL EUCALYPTUS, 80 x 42 x 32 cm (31 3/8 x 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, THE DREAM OF MNEMOSYNE, 2023
PINE OAK STRUCTURE, 250 PORCELAIN PANELS, GLASS VESSEL, SEAWATER AND INK, 178 x 48 x 26 cm (70 x 18 7/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, THE FIRE IN THE MIND, 2023
STONE PINE BURNT IN WILDFIRE AND MILD STEEL BULLET HINGES, 320 x 120 x 60 cm (126 x 47 1/8 x 23 1/2 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, THE HAUNTING SPECTRE, 2023
STONE PINE HEARTWOOD, MARBLE HEADSTONE, PIN OAK STRUCTURE AND COPPER NAILS, 120 x 60 x 42 cm (47 1/8 x 23 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, THE SPHINX, 2023
PINE BEAMS ON BRASS FEET, 270 x 8 x 11 cm (106 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, THROAT TO THE STARS, 2023
BRASS AND CONCRETE, 160 x 145 x 22 cm (63 x 57 x 8 5/8 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, WORLD WITHIN WORLDS, 2023
ARCHAEAN AFRICAN GREENSTONE, ROOT FRAGMENT, LEAD-SOLDERED GLASS AND BRASS PLATE, 40 x 30 x 20 cm (15 5/8 x 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, ETERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES, 2022
CYANOTYPES ON ARCHES PAPER, WOOD, BRASS & BOOKBINDER’S MULL, 160 x 233 x 10 cm (63 x 91 5/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
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DIANA VIVES, IF THE SEAS CATCH FIRE, 2022
BRASS RODS, BRASS WIRE AND PORCELAIN DICE, 75 x 110 x 13 cm (29 1/2 x 43 1/4 x 5 in.)
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