Avtarjeet Dhanjal
Grown in the Fields, 1976
Aluminium
Installed at University of Warwick. The artist noted that the five individual coils of Grown in the Field were different sizes to symbolise the various stages of growth of a...
Installed at University of Warwick.
The artist noted that the five individual coils of Grown in the Field were different sizes to symbolise the various stages of
growth of a tree. Four wind clockwise, in the same way that beans grow round stems, following the sun. One winds anticlockwise.
This work was developed while Avtarjeet Dhanjal was artist-in-residence at the Alcan factory in Banbury which made aluminium drinks cans. The 53-acre site was set up in the 1930s and remained surrounded by farmland until it was demolished in 2006. If the spirals were to be compressed, they would form cylinders. The spirals have sprung free and are reaching upwards.
The artist noted that the five individual coils of Grown in the Field were different sizes to symbolise the various stages of
growth of a tree. Four wind clockwise, in the same way that beans grow round stems, following the sun. One winds anticlockwise.
This work was developed while Avtarjeet Dhanjal was artist-in-residence at the Alcan factory in Banbury which made aluminium drinks cans. The 53-acre site was set up in the 1930s and remained surrounded by farmland until it was demolished in 2006. If the spirals were to be compressed, they would form cylinders. The spirals have sprung free and are reaching upwards.