London Art@Site www.artatsite.com Eilis O’Connell Sacrificial Anode
Artist:

Eilis O’Connell

Title:

Sacrificial Anode

Year:
2007
Adress:
Montgomery Square, Canary Wharf
Website:
www.canarywharf.com:
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.