Sidsel Meineche Hansen, 2022

Dead Bell

Name: Dead Bell
Brand: Sidsel Meineche Hansen
Price: 28000.0 DKK
Availability: InStock

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DKK 28,000

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Made of a dark red patinated bronze, "Dead Bell" is a piece of skilled craftsmanship, form, and purpose. The detailed molding and misshapen form of the bell ask the viewer to look closer to understand its story. Why is it shaped that way? What made it dent? What does the faintly etched engraving say? These small but purposeful details encourage the reader to think deeper about the story behind an object and look closer at the art around them. The small, varying details of the bronze make "Dead Bell" a one-of-a-kind piece, and a unique sculpture to add to a collection.

Lead time: 8-12 weeks

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Includes a signed certificate of authenticity confirming edition and provenance.

Artist: Sidsel Meineche Hansen
Year: 2022
Material: Dark red patinated bronze
Dimensions: 28,5 x 22 x 10 cm
Edition: Limited edition of 30 + 6 Artist’s Proofs (AP)
Signature: Engraved

Materials & making

Cast bronze

Bronze holds detail that few materials can. Cast from the artist's original, each edition carries the same surface, weight and gravity, a physical record of the hand that made it, hardened into an alloy that will outlast everyone who touches it.

Material: Dark red patinated bronze
Dimensions: 28,5 x 22 x 10 cm
Edition: Limited edition of 30 + 6 Artist’s Proofs (AP)
Signature: Engraved

01
Mould and wax
The artist's original is captured in a flexible mould, from which a hollow wax replica is taken and refined by hand until every surface matches the source.
02
Lost-wax casting
The wax is encased in a ceramic shell and fired; the wax runs out and molten bronze is poured into the void it leaves, taking on the exact form of the original.
03
Chasing and assembly
The rough cast is released from its shell, sprues removed, and seams chased away by hand so the metal reads as a single continuous surface.
04
Patina and finish
The finished bronze is coloured with heat and chemistry, then sealed with a hand-applied patina unique to each edition.

Made at

Fonderia Artistica Mariani

Italy · Est. 1952

Founded in 1952, Fonderia Artistica Mariani is an Italian art foundry known for precision bronze casting. Each work is cast using the traditional lost-wax and vacuum-shell methods that capture the finest surface detail, then chased, finished and patinated by hand.

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Lead time: 8-12 weeks

The artist

Sidsel Meineche Hansen

1981, Denmark · Installation, Sculpture, Film, CGI Animation

Sidsel Meineche Hansen is a Danish visual artist whose practice explores virtual and robotic bodies and their relationship to human labour within the gaming, pornographic and tech industries. Working across wood, clay, metal, woodcuts, textiles, CGI animation and video, they describe their approach as a "techno-somatic" investigation foregrounding the body and its industrial complex.

In 2020 Hansen received a Turner Prize bursary from Tate Britain, in recognition of work including Welcome to End-Used City (Chisenhale Gallery, 2019). Solo exhibitions include shows at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Bergen Kunsthall; and Christian Andersen, Copenhagen. Hansen participated in the 59th Venice Biennale, The Milk of Dreams (2022).

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Details

Artist: Sidsel Meineche Hansen
Title: Dead Bell
Year: 2022
Material: Dark red patinated bronze
Dimensions: 28,5 x 22 x 10 cm
Edition size: Limited edition of 30 + 6 Artist’s Proofs (AP)
Signature / marking: Engraved
Provenance: First sale, Edition Solenne
Lead time: 8-12 weeks
Certificate: Signed certificate of authenticity included
Returns: Made to order. Sales are final once production begins; contact us within 7 days if the work arrives damaged.