Collected Ghost Stories from the Workhouse

1981

Alice Aycock

Associated Names
Alice Aycock

Artist, American, born 1946

Graphicstudio

Publisher

This is a drawing of a conceptual architectural machine. The image displays an isometric technical illustration of a futuristic device or installation with spherical and geometric elements, annotated with explanations. 

The drawing features a large circular grid platform on the left, connected by thin lines to a complex structure on the right, including detailed components like spheres and tubular forms. There are sections marked with letters A through N, each corresponding to descriptions written in cursive to the right, indicating that the diagram might represent a scientific or architectural mechanism with interconnected parts. 

This diagram is likely designed to propose a theoretical idea rather than depict a real, functioning machine. The precision of the lines and annotations give it an architectural blueprint feel, emphasizing the abstract nature of the design.
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Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1991

  • Fine, Ruth E., and Mary Lee Corlett. Graphicstudio: Contemporary Art from the Collaborative Workshop at the University of South Florida. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, p. 289, no. 19.

Wikidata ID

Q74071367

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