Lead, Kindly Light (Innocence), 2012

ArtistStephen Cone Weeks, London *1952

Drawing on acrylic compound on 5 mm float glass; wooden support

(H x W x D) (ohne Sockel)100 × 120 × 11 cm

Status

on display, room G02

About the work“Lead, kindly light, amidst the encircling gloom” – in a literal sense, this artist tackles the basic human desire for safe passage in a multi-layered manner. Through their green tint and reflections, the glass panes obscure what is happening, although here and there they reveal elements from German folk art and fairy tales like the porcelain child with a candle or a scene from “Hans in Luck”. The title of the work quotes a popular English hymn. The Canadian–British artist Stephen Cone Weeks lives and works in Düsseldorf.

AccessionAcquisition 2012

Provenance2012 entstanden; 10.10.2012 angekauft von der Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Düsseldorf/Toronto

Inventory numberGl 2012-65 a-i

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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