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Clive Barker
British, b. 1940

Clive Barker British, b. 1940

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Clive Barker, Zip Mouth Organ, 1966

Clive Barker British, b. 1940

Zip Mouth Organ, 1966
Mixed media
4.5 x 23.5 x 8.5 cm
Signed, dated and titled
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Zip Mouth Organ is one of two objects involving a harmonica and a cast of a zip. In both pieces Barker plays on his love for contrast, making an instrument...
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Zip Mouth Organ is one of two objects involving a harmonica and a cast of a zip. In both pieces Barker plays on his love for contrast, making an instrument silent by literally ‘zipping it up’. Barker’s disguise of a familiar object in order to change its’ meaning, is key to his work, and is of course a principle of the Surrealists. Being the heir to the invaluable legacy of Marcel Duchamp, Barker has always had strong links with Surrealism. The present object has been in a private collection for decades whilst its’ counterpart is held by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
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Provenance

Acquired directly from the Artist

Literature

FERMON, An Jo and Marco LIVINGSTONE. Clive Barker. Sculpture. Catalogue raisonné 1958- 2000. Milan, 2002, cat. no.42, ill. p.87.

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