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G870A Envy
Cardboard, polystyrene foam, platinum disc, acrylic paint
Sep 2016, 1000x2000x300 mm

About this sculpture

A sculpture made to accompany an installation in Chester Cathedral. The work contrasted the hideous, twisted Envy with the delicate Beauty, as symbolised by The Monstrance of Life, beneath.

Text on the sculpture reads; I blame and bully, I have no worth except that which I can drink from others.

Technical details

A computer model of the alcove and the sculpture were created prior to construction, to check the look and permit experimentation prior to construction.

Though it looks like heavy wood, this huge sculpture weighed only a kilo or so, the spikes being soft polystyrene, all necessary safety elements of a very public work. The work was assembled in situ from two parts and was destroyed at the end of the exhibition.

Envy (Original)
Private collection.