Sidsel Meineche Hansen, 2022
Dead Bell - Bronze Sculpture by Sidsel Meineche Hansen
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DKK 28,000
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Made of dark red patinated bronze, "Dead Bell" brings together form, purpose and close handwork. The detailed moulding 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 viewer to think about the story behind an object. Each cast in the edition is patinated by hand, so the depth of the dark red surface varies from example to example.
Lead time: 8-12 weeks
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- 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 and making
Cast bronze
Bronze holds detail that few materials can. Each bronze is cast from the same mould and hand-chased to retain the detail of the artist's original. Patina is applied individually, so tonal and surface variation should be expected across the edition.
- 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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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 - Bronze Sculpture by Sidsel Meineche Hansen
- 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
- Publisher
- Edition Solenne, Copenhagen
- Primary market release
- 2022
- Acquisition
- Acquired directly from Edition Solenne
- Lead time
- 8-12 weeks
- Certificate
- Signed and numbered by the artist and publisher
- Returns
- Consumers in the EU may withdraw within 14 days of delivery, except where the work is produced to individual specification, as stated on the invoice. Contact us within 7 days if the work arrives damaged.
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