Leon van de Graaff
sculpture - video - installation
Melbourne, Australia
GALLERY
From the group exhibition Cutting Edge Gadgets of the 1980s, 2011, installation view, CRT TVs, DVD players, Video 8 camera, modified VHS recorder.
Detail: Working VHS recorder with illuminated, transparent case modification. From the group exhibition Cutting Edge Gadgets of the 1980s, 2011, installation view, CRT TVs, DVD players, Video 8 camera, modified VHS recorder.
2006, found objects, closed circuit video, vintage video camera viewfinder, in drawer, glazed.
Installation view. 2008 Found, modelled and cast objects in antique card file drawers, electric lighting, audio loop with sensor activated speaker. Made for: Once Upon a Time group exhibition. This work is based on the Grimm's tale: the three golden hairs of the devil.
(bilingual inscription view) Installation view. 2008 Found, modelled and cast objects in antique card file drawers, electric lighting, audio loop with sensor activated speaker. Made for: Once Upon a Time group exhibition. This work is based on the Grimm's tale: the three golden hairs of the devil.
(drawer contents view) Installation view. 2008 Found, modelled and cast objects in antique card file drawers, electric lighting, audio loop with sensor activated speaker. Made for: Once Upon a Time group exhibition. This work is based on the Grimm's tale: the three golden hairs of the devil.
2008, kinetic wall piece, hand operated. Wood, recycled bicycle parts, synthetic polymer paint, found objects. Click link to see in motion.
2002 BBQ matchsticks, wood, epoxy.
2000 egg shell, matchsticks, disposable chopsticks, epoxy
matchsticks, egg shells, wood, epoxy
2003, BBQ matchsticks, wood, used mattress foam, textiles, found vintage watch.
detail view, 2003, BBQ matchsticks, wood, used mattress foam, textiles, found vintage watch.
found objects, synthetic polymer paint in cigar box lid. (SOLD)
recycled steel balustrade, tree stump. 1994
interior - exterior composite view, 2003, found, modelled and cast objects in antique wooden lockers, electric lighting and timer, coin mechanism.
2012 collage of vintage instructions and technical books on mat board (SOLD)
2012 collage of vintage instructions and technical books on matt board
2012, collage of instruction manuals on matt board
2012 collage of vintage educational books.