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Artworks
Jane McAdam Freud
Contain, 2016Metal and woodWithout springs:
34 x 22 x 17 cm
13 3/8 x 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 ins
With springs:
48 × 22 × 17 cm
18 7/8 × 8 5/8 × 6 5/8 in‘Contain’ is a made from a traditional wooden wine cooler, which I have carved the work ‘CONTAIN’ into. It originally contained wine and now contains that which we all contain...‘Contain’ is a made from a traditional wooden wine cooler, which I have carved the work ‘CONTAIN’ into. It originally contained wine and now contains that which we all contain – something untangle-able and intangible. The wire mesh is messily escaping its container, is seeping out defying attempts to keep it at bay. Much like a persons instincts or drives we cannot completely contain our unconscious selves.
As Sigmund Freud implies, the unconscious seeps out in slips, jokes and body language etc.
