Art and Heritage Online Database

Collection: Gray's School of Art Collection; Gray's School of Art Sculpture Collection
Object Type: Sculpture
Artist/Maker: Hay, Tina
Date: 2009
Media/Materials: steel
Dimensions: overall: 88.8 cm x 57.8 cm
Awards: RGU Sculpture Purchase Award

Description:

A 45 gallon oil drum with text cut out of the sides of the drum.

Artist's statement:
"The themes my work addresses are consumerism, the economy, the environment and social culture. I explore these themes through the transformation of the found and throw away object but also through
transforming familiar industrial materials. With this transformative process I have found that my work often evolves after it has been realised, having to embrace the element of change after the work
has been conceived. I am continually considering how I as an artist can best serve my art and the environment."
Object Number: ABDRG2010.346