Kiran Subbaiah / Objects & Spatial works


Absent Angel
Ceramic wings with steel handles. The lable on the wall bearing the title is small and can only be read from a proximity at which the viewer is part of the peice.


Adjustment
Wood block with edge angles slightly off 90 degrees, setsquare, paint.


Articulation
Steel, rope. Human head size.


Beneath a Pretty Star
Paper kite, cotton string/rope, paper-mache and steel hands.


Brakes
Ball and castors.


Cats, Cots, Coat
Found matchboxes.


Discontent Content
Pail, plumbing, faucet, water.


Full belly
Plastic bottle squeezed flat / squat, water.


Eden Weed - Eden Pest
Wood and iron.


Electricide
Viewer operated electro-mechanical contraption.


Fast
Steel frame, calipers, ball, contraction spring, paint.


Petition for a Hanger Strike
De/re-formed coat hangers.


His Dog's Voice (Information Repository)
Aluminium speaker horn, telescopic radio antennae. A hand wound mechanism makes this object revolve around the floor.


Excuse for Unfinished Homework
Inflateable rubber form, cotton-rope/string, paper rocket.


Itchy Mending
Wood, steel. Pliable handle.


Lazy Objects No. 1,2,3&4 (Two versions)
Mixed Media. Photo images of erect objects bear the title "Achievements 123&4".


Lazy Object No.6
Knife handle of steel and wood, silicon rubber tongue, marshmallow / sugar bed, Steel cot.


Lion Food
Inversely functioning mouse trap; snaps open when knob is pulled. Attached with a startle bell, camera flash and rubber mouse that pops out.


Love All
Matchsticks studded over wax ball, circular mat on the floor made of match striking strips cut out of match boxes.


Mother Frugal and Her Promise Child
Earthen pot, cotton rope, water, steel pulley and miniature well.


Occasion
Candles on ice.


Exercises with ice.


Pang
Carved Cheddar Cheese. Bite marks larger than life-size.


Quest
Steel, shoe, paint. Rockable object.


Relic from the Immediate History of Itself.
A rectangular portion of wall in a given exhibition space with traces of renovation from the previous show left unpainted and framed under a sheet of glass.


Spectator
Automomous Robot.


Stationary Stationery
Toilet paper roll, aluminium rod and white pencil.


Take
Gypsyum and steel.


Thirst
Materials(top to bottom): Cotton wool, polystyrene, tissue paper, cloth, gypsium, pebbles, glass tumbler, salt.


Exercises with salt.


Thought Chimney
Rain gauge, pen drawing on photograph.


Ubiquitian Bust
Double-sided mirrors fitted at 90 degree angles make the viewer see his/her own reflection from all directions. Catapults, elastic and ball fitted identically (reflection-like) on either side of mirrors. Mounted on a rotating platform.


Visitor from the Fourth World
Shoes to fit monkey's feet. Placed next to doorway.

Kiran Subbaiah / Objects & Spatial works