Deserted Vessel: Sanctuary

2010.

Materials: Aluminium, Acrylic Perspex and Laminated Timber.

Dimensions (L x W x H): 2500 x 1200 x 2700

Chris Hargreaves challenges us with our own reflection and our perception of reality with Deserted Vessel: Sanctuary, a combination that questions what is real and what is an illusion. Hargreaves’ work consists of a lifeboat made of aluminium and laminated timbers with the floor of the boat made from mirrored perspex. The way the hull is angled to a point, like that of a child’s spinning top, represents the instability of the object.

The lifeboat is a contradiction in terms; while traditionally a shelter or refuge from the water that surrounds the larger vessel, upon rescue the inhabitant is confronted with the catastrophe of self reflection, solidarity, adrift.

Exhibited at Sculpture in the Gardens 2010.