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Counter-

Off the Kerb Gallery

2011

Counter- by Sam Fagan, Off the Kerb Gallery, Melbourne, 2011: a broken ironbark frame suspended mid-room on rope anchored to the walls and floor

Counter- by Sam Fagan, Off the Kerb Gallery, 2011: counter-, a broken ironbark frame suspended on yellow spectra rope, with +10 (w grips) on the floor

- (1/2)

Digital photo print, mild steel

45 x 30 cm

Sam Fagan, – (1/2), 2011. Digital photo print of the 12 steel pins from the first ironbark frame, hung on mild steel pins

- (2/2)

Digital photo print, mild steel

45 x 30 cm

Sam Fagan, – (2/2), 2011. Digital photo print of the 12 steel pins from the second ironbark frame, hung on mild steel pins

Detail of Counter- by Sam Fagan, 2011: a mild steel pin projecting from the wall, holding a photograph

- (1/1)

Digital photo print, mild steel

60 x 30 cm

Sam Fagan, – (1/1), 2011. Digital photo print of all 24 steel pins from the two ironbark frames, hung on mild steel pins

counter-

Timber, mild steel, timber wax, spectra rope, EN362 DMM Connector carabiners

Variable

Sam Fagan, counter-, 2011. The second crushed ironbark frame, suspended mid-air on spectra rope anchored to the walls and floor

Detail of counter- by Sam Fagan, 2011: yellow spectra rope knotted around the ironbark frame, tensioned through EN362 DMM carabiners

Detail of counter- by Sam Fagan, 2011: the ironbark frame split under pressure, its broken fibres exposed

Sam Fagan, +10 (w grips), 2011. Steel press with bottle jacks laid flat, holding the first ironbark frame crushed and split

+10 (w grips)

Steel, timber, timber wax, bottle jacks, rubber foam, leather, electrical tape

130 x 152.5 x 47 cm

Detail of +10 (w grips) by Sam Fagan, 2011: ironbark crushed and splintered inside the steel press

Counter- by Sam Fagan, Off the Kerb Gallery, 2011: +10 (w grips) on the floor, with counter- suspended by the front window

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