Artist:
Eilis O’Connell
Title:
Sacrificial Anode
Year:
2007
Adress:
Montgomery Square, Canary Wharf
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Made in varying materials from steel and bronze to plastics and found objects, O’Connell’s sculptures show her meticulous attention to surface detail and close observation of the world around her. A ‘sacrificial anode’ refers to an anode attached to a metal object, such as a boat or underground tank, in order to inhibit its corrosion.
Purchased following O’Connell’s exhibition in Jubilee Park in Spring 2013 this sculpture is a metaphor for something that has been sacrificed: the anode is electrolytically decomposed while the object itself remains free of damage.
Made in varying materials from steel and bronze to plastics and found objects, O’Connell’s sculptures show her meticulous attention to surface detail and close observation of the world around her. A ‘sacrificial anode’ refers to an anode attached to a metal object, such as a boat or underground tank, in order to inhibit its corrosion.
Purchased following O’Connell’s exhibition in Jubilee Park in Spring 2013 this sculpture is a metaphor for something that has been sacrificed: the anode is electrolytically decomposed while the object itself remains free of damage.