sculpture
sculpture
National Gallery of Canada
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| Object Name: | sculpture sculpture |
|---|---|
| Title: | I Can Hear You Think (Dedicated to Stephen Hawking) Je t'écoute penser (dédié à Stephen Hawking) |
| Artist/Maker: | Sterbak, Jana |
| Category: | Sculpture |
| Discipline: | Fine Arts |
| Medium: | cast iron heads, copper wire, transformer, magnetic field, electrical cord têtes en fonte de fer, fil de cuivre, transformateur, champ magnétique, cable électrique |
| Accession Number: | 29702 |
| Absolute Date: | 1984-1985 |
| School/Style: | Canadian Canada |
| Description: | Electrical current passing through the copper wire coil magnetizes the head with the coil which then attracts the other head - since the head is too heavy to actually move, the only evidence of the magnetic force is the greater warmth of the magnet-head |
| Height: | head with wire coil: 13 x 8.8 x 11 cm; head: 15.3 x 9.5 x 12.7 cm; cord: 312 cm long |
| Department: | Later Canadian Art |
| Institution: | National Gallery of Canada Musée des beaux-arts du Canada |
| Institution City: | Ottawa |
| Institution Province: | Ontario |