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Sliced Yew
2001
72 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (184.15 x 90.17 x 69.85 cm)
David Nash (Esher, Surrey, England, 1945 - )
It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years (2004-2005)
Inspired by the unique qualities of each piece of wood—its natural grain, growth patterns, and tendency to split—David Nash responds to the personality of different trees. On his own farm in North Wales called Ca’en-y Coed’ (the Field in the Trees), Nash watches their individual characteristics develop, seeing some as aggressive and brutal and others as passive and gentle. To make many of his sculptures, including , Nash wields a chainsaw to sculpt elegant, delicate forms, repeating and emphasizing certain natural qualities of the wood.
From the cycle of growth and decay
I borrow a part and prime it;
a simple idea applied to the qualities
and circumstances of each time and place.
— David Nash
Process as Paradigm: Works from the Permanent Collection, January 17, 2009 - July 5, 2009, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years, October 3, 2004 - February 13, 2005, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.
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Sliced Yew
Sculpture
200172 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (184.15 x 90.17 x 69.85 cm)
David Nash (Esher, Surrey, England, 1945 - )
Object Type: Sculpture
Medium and Support: Yew wood
Credit Line: Anonymous gift in honor of the San Jose Museum of Art's 35th Anniversary
Accession Number: 2004.21
SJMA Label Text
It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years (2004-2005)
Inspired by the unique qualities of each piece of wood—its natural grain, growth patterns, and tendency to split—David Nash responds to the personality of different trees. On his own farm in North Wales called Ca’en-y Coed’ (the Field in the Trees), Nash watches their individual characteristics develop, seeing some as aggressive and brutal and others as passive and gentle. To make many of his sculptures, including , Nash wields a chainsaw to sculpt elegant, delicate forms, repeating and emphasizing certain natural qualities of the wood.
From the cycle of growth and decay
I borrow a part and prime it;
a simple idea applied to the qualities
and circumstances of each time and place.
— David Nash
Exhibition
Process as Paradigm: Works from the Permanent Collection, January 17, 2009 - July 5, 2009, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years, October 3, 2004 - February 13, 2005, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions: - Process as Paradigm: Works from the Permanent Collection San Jose Museum of Art , 1/17/2009 - 7/5/2009
Dimensions
- Sculpture Dimensions: 72 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (184.15 x 90.17 x 69.85 cm)
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