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Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro

Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, Smorboll, 2014
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, Smorboll, 2014
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Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro

Smorboll, 2014
recontextualised Lego
79 x 60.5 cm

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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, Origami Aeroplane, 2011
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, Origami Aeroplane, 2011
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, Origami Aeroplane, 2011
Lego, which we grew up with, represents the dreams and fantasies of a child; Ikea furniture, which has become so ubiquitous, represents the dreams and fantasies of an adult. By...
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Lego, which we grew up with, represents the dreams and fantasies of a child; Ikea furniture, which has become so ubiquitous, represents the dreams and fantasies of an adult. By meshing these two objects together we can think about the gap between our fantastic dreams and our banal longings.

'This work represents our sublimated animal urges expressed through shopping. The Lego wall work is based on found screen shots from pornos that utilise Ikea furniture within their set design. The ubiquity and relative economy of Ikea furniture means that it was inevitable that the furniture should share the screen with actors in low budget skin flicks.'
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