The Grand Release
Marjolijn Dijkman, 2013
The Grand Release is a site-specific mobile made by Dutch artist Marjolijn Dijkman in response to the building and displays of Norwich Castle Museum. Each object on the mobile is an abstracted reference to a display structure somewhere in the museum, the yellow one for example refers to a plinth in the Anglo Saxon room. In DijkmanÂ’s piece itÂ’s as if the display structures have been released from their normal roles and allowed to float free in the central rotunda of the museum. The Grand Release now functions as a colourful focal point and striking way of questioning conventional notions of museum curatorship and displays.
More information
Title of artwork, date
The Grand Release, 2013
Date supported
2015
Medium and material
Fabric, foam, aluminium poles and fishing wire
Dimensions
500 x 400 cm
Grant
2600
Total cost
6000

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