Beaters’ is a sculpture that takes an everyday object into the realm of art by altering the object’s size and functionality. Inspired by Claes Oldenburg, this hyper-realistic work takes a commonplace object and, by enlarging it, encourages the viewer to contemplate its form and function at a macro level. Within every new environment, the huge beaters encourage contemplation of what effect they could have on the landscape, (or what sized cake they could make!)
Fred McGrath Weber, Beaters (2015). Painted Steel. Image by Alexander Johnston at Art Not Apart, Canberra, 2017, and Robert Agostino at Sculpture in the Paddock, Yass, 2016.
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