Kiran Subbaiah

/Objects & Spatial works

Index: Kiran Subbaiah

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

Articulation
Steel, rope. Human head size.

Brakes
Ball and castors.

Discontent Content
Pail, plumbing, faucet, water.

Full belly
Plastic bottle squeezed flat, water.

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

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

His Dog's Voice
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.
Mixed Media.

Lazy Object No.5
photograph.

Lazy Object No.6
Knife handle of steel and wood, silicon rubber tongue, marshmallow mattress, 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.

Occasion
Candles on ice.

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

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

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.

Thirst
Various materials.

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.
 
 

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