OHO Projects, Andraž Šalamun
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- OHO Projects, Andraž Šalamun
- 1970
- Thermo-fax, 5 sheets stapled
- 29,8 × 21 cm
Andraž Šalamun exhibited objects made of plaster, glass and metal pipes in combinations which are among the best sculptures of the OHO work in general. He stuck a pole in a plaster cube, tying the other end of the pole with a rope that was suspended from the ceiling; in another cube he stuck a piece of glass in such a way that several drops of the plaster mass remained on the glass: the effect was very material, sensory and direct. He hung two plaster cylinders of different length on two pieces of rope, balancing them in such a way that the longer one was almost touching the floor, and the shorter one was hanging at an angle to it. This confrontation of plaster, glass and metal, the inclinations and tensions among the elements, the feeling of weight and gravity, were presented as elements of a process which was illustrated by means of plastic, material components. The importance of Šalamun’s contribution to the OHO-vian iconography lies in this very perception of gravity, which his sculptures bring out as an eminent sensory experience.
Cf. Tomaž Brejc. ‘OHO as an Artistic Phenomenon 1966–1971.’ In: “The New Art Practice in Yugoslavia.” Marijan Susovski (Ed.). Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb: 1978. p. 16.
Cf. Tomaž Brejc. ‘OHO as an Artistic Phenomenon 1966–1971.’ In: “The New Art Practice in Yugoslavia.” Marijan Susovski (Ed.). Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb: 1978. p. 16.