Lover by Alicia Frankovich

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Lover

Lover

Artist

Alicia Frankovich
Production Date

2010
Medium

coat hanger, neon
Size

920 x 410 mm
Credit

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2010
Accession Number

C2010/1/8/1
Accession Date

21 Apr 2010
Department

New Zealand Art
Classification

Installation
Collection

Chartwell
Description

'Lover' evokes an absent body with elegant simplicity. Alicia Frankovich’s works manoeuvre between the boundaries that separate our bodies and the objects that we live with. 'Lover' is a representation of a body, a glowing outline of the
space it would occupy, but it also suggests a tool or garment. Performance and sculpture co-exist in Frankovich’s practice. During performances the artist’s body often seems object-like, encumbered by gravity; while the objects she makes are like clothing or equipment, they retain the suggestion of activity.