Artwork Year: 2024

  • Background reasons

    Background reasons

    Specifications
    Background reasons is made of watercolour, lead pencil and varnish with UVLS on paper, acrylic on wood, actual space.

    The work comprises two components with an overall measurement of 100 x 127.5 x 1.8 cm.

    Holdings
    Gail Hastings’ studio
    Background reasons is available for acquisition. Please enquire about viewing the artwork.

  • A page from the Encyclopaedia of Stares that are Stairs

    A page from the Encyclopaedia of Stares that are Stairs

    Specifications
    A page from the Encyclopaedia of Stares that are Stairs is made of watercolour and lead pencil on paper, varnish with UVLS on watercolour, acrylic on wood, actual space.

    The work comprises three components with an overall measurement of 35 x 120 x 1.8 cm.

    Holdings
    Gail Hastings’ studio
    A page from the Encyclopaedia of Stares that are Stairs is available for acquisition. Please enquire about viewing the artwork.

    • If [then stares stairs stares] #4

      If [then stares stairs stares] #4

      SPECIFICATIONS

      If [then stares stairs stares] #4 is, at present, made of watercolour and lead pencil on paper and measures 40 cm high and 30 cm wide.

      If, however, the watercolour pattern were to be made into a hand-knotted rug and placed, for instance, in a living room, it would become a sculptural situation.

      As a rug, it would measure 4m x 3m.

      As a sculptural situation, the first stares of the title belong to living participants who sit in chairs around the rug in a living room. These stares lead to the rug’s edge, even if they dart over the rug when speaking with others. The title’s second stairs then lead through the rug’s terrain to, yes, more stares (or chairs in which to sit and converse with another opposite).

      Holdings
      Gail Hastings’ studio
      If [then stares stairs stares] #4 is available for acquisition. Please enquire about viewing the artwork.

    • If [then stares stairs stares] #3

      If [then stares stairs stares] #3

      SPECIFICATIONS

      If [then stares stairs stares] #3 is, at present, made of watercolour and lead pencil on paper and measures 40 cm high and 30 cm wide.

      If, however, the watercolour pattern were to be made into a hand-knotted rug and placed, for instance, in a living room, it would become a sculptural situation.

      As a rug, it would measure 4m x 3m.

      As a sculptural situation, the first stares of the title belong to living participants who sit in chairs around the rug in a living room. These stares lead to the rug’s edge, even if they dart over the rug when speaking with others. The title’s second stairs then lead through the rug’s terrain to, yes, more stares (or chairs in which to sit and converse with another opposite).

      Holdings
      Gail Hastings’ studio
      If [then stares stairs stares] #3 is available for acquisition. Please enquire about viewing the artwork.

    • If [then stares stairs stares] #2

      If [then stares stairs stares] #2

      SPECIFICATIONS

      If [then stares stairs stares] #2 is, at present, made of watercolour and lead pencil on paper and measures 40 cm high and 30 cm wide.

      If, however, the watercolour pattern were to be made into a hand-knotted rug and placed, for instance, in a living room, it would become a sculptural situation.

      As a rug, it would measure 4m x 3m.

      As a sculptural situation, the first stares of the title belong to living participants who sit in chairs around the rug in a living room. These stares lead to the rug’s edge, even if they dart over the rug when speaking with others. The title’s second stairs then lead through the rug’s terrain to, yes, more stares (or chairs in which to sit and converse with another opposite).

      Holdings
      Gail Hastings’ studio
      If [then stares stairs stares] #2 is available for acquisition. Please enquire about viewing the artwork.

    • If [then stares stairs stares] #1

      If [then stares stairs stares] #1

      SPECIFICATIONS

      If [then stares stairs stares] #1 is, at present, made of watercolour and lead pencil on paper and measures 40 cm high and 30 cm wide.

      If, however, the watercolour pattern were to be made into a hand-knotted rug and placed, for instance, in a living room, it would become a sculptural situation.

      As a rug, it would measure 4m x 3m.

      As a sculptural situation, the first stares of the title belong to living participants who sit in chairs around the rug in a living room. These stares lead to the rug’s edge, even if they dart over the rug when speaking with others. The title’s second stairs then lead through the rug’s terrain to, yes, more stares (or chairs in which to sit and converse with another opposite).

      Holdings
      Gail Hastings’ studio
      If [then stares stairs stares] #1 is available for acquisition. Please enquire about viewing the artwork.

    Gail Hastings