TIM HAWKINSON (B. 1960) | Penitent, 1994

skeleton composed of rawhide dog chews, wire, slide whistle, plastic bottle, motion sensor, light bulb in tin can and eletrical elements

NYEHAUS Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007

New York, Pace Gallery, 'Tim Hawkinson: Counterclockwise,' February - April 2016

Exh. Cat., Akron Art Museum, San Francisco, Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center, Winston-Salem, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Sheboygan, John Michael Kohler Arts Center (and travelling), 'Humongolous: Sculpture and Other Works by Tim Hawkinson,' August 1996-September 1997, p. 44, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Toronto, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, North Adams, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, June 2000- April 2001, pp. 32-33, illustrated
Exh. Cat., New York, Nyehaus, 'Tim Hawkinson,' May - June 2007, pp. 6-7, illustrated

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. All elements are present and stable. The electrical elements are in good working order. There is general wear and tonal and textural shifts to the rawhide, which may be inherent to the medium and do not detract from the sculpture. Please contact the Contemporary Art Department at (212)606-7254 for videos of this work installed.
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Tim Hawkins, a Los Angeles based multi-media artist, is renowned for turning found objects, such as plastic bags and old socks, into intricate sculptural systems that muse on the perceived separation of nature, machine, the body, and human consciousness. His work often combines mechanical and the natural material, showcasing the differences as well as the similarities within the two mediums. ‘Penitent,’ a motorized skeleton, not only questions our mortality, but also disrupts the perceived separation of machine, body, and being.