Joseph Hubbard

ADAPTATION / ACCOMMODATION
(COMMENTARIES ON THE ROLE OF GALLERIES & COLLECTORS)

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MUSEUM SERVICE DOORS
2011

229cm H x 198cm W x 2.5cm D
aluminum, Sintra PVC board
(see Exhibitions Page;
Art Gallery of Windsor
Museum Service Doors)

Museum Service Doors

BLUE LIFT

BLUE LIFT
2010

218cmH x 116cm W x 18cm D
stainless steel, transparent
cobalt lacquers

recreation of art museum
elevator entrance

 

 

BLUE LIFT (maquette)
2010

43cm H x 28cm W x 2.5cm D
stainless steel, transparent
cobalt lacquers

scale art museum
elevator entrance


BLUE LIFT maquette

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SEEING

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU ARE SEEING

2010 edition 1/2

81cm H x 76.25cm W x 2.5cm D
transmission laser hologram
(museum fire control cabinet)

Collection: McIntosh Gallery
London, Ontario, Canada

 
 

LONGING, FEAR, & DESPERATION
2010

56cm H x 76.25cm W x 2cm D
iron, "Traveler" butterflies, 1823
text on love, hologram fragment

LONGING, FEAR, AND DESPERATION

AWNING FOR INTERVENTION #1
(Collaboration With A Dead Artist)

AWNING FOR INTERVENTION #1
(Collaboration With A Dead Artist)

2008

84cm H x 51cm W x 23cm D
Installed over Self Portrait
Florence Carlisle; ca.1900
suede, brass, inverted picture lamp

painting & awning: Collection:
Woodstock Art Gallery
Ontario, Canada

 
 

AWNING FOR INTERVENTION #2
(Collaboration With A Dead Artist)

2008

53cm W x 85cmH x 23cm D
Over 1958 ptg: Hortense Gordon
suede, brass, picture lamp
mounted upside down

AWNING FOR INTERVENTION #2
(Collaboration With A Dead Artist)

AWNING FOR INTERVENTION #3

AWNING FOR INTERVENTION #3
2010

119cm H x 101cm W x 78.5cm D
canvas, brass mechanism
installed over William Ronald
(Painters 11)

 

 

Awning for Intervention #4
2008

117cm H x 127cm W x 46cm D
as installed over
Woman In A Doorway: ca. 1890
Florence Carlisle, Canadian
Coll. Woodstock Art Gallery
canvas, brass, lamp

Awning for Intervention #4

SENSOR I



SENSOR 1 (variation)
Gift For The Baghdad Museum
2007

44cm H x 38cm W x 17cm D
ceramic cylinder, iron oxide
cuneiform writing
Canadian museum hygrothermograph

Collection: Gardiner Museum of
Ceramic Arts

Toronto, Canada

 

SENSOR 2 (variation)
Gift For The Baghdad Museum
2007

22cm H x 35.5cm W x 16cm D
ceramic cylinder, iron oxide
cuneiform writing
British museum hygrothermograph

Collection: Tom Thomson
Memorial Art Gallery

Owen Sound, On., Canada



SENSOR 2
(variation)
Gift for The Baghdad Museum


SENSOR 3
(variation)
Gift for The Baghdad Museum

SENSOR 3 (variation)
Gift For The Baghdad Museum
2008

46cm H x 38cm W x 20cm D
ceramic cylinder, iron oxide
cuneiform writing
American museum hygrothermograph

Collection: Art Gallery of Burlington
Toronto, Canada

 



CERAMIC PAINTING
variations 2004-2017

31cm H x 38cm W x 18cm D
ceramic, brass lamp
trompe l'oeil; 24K lustre staples

#1 Collection: McIntosh Art
Gallery, London, Canada
#2 Collection: Tom Thomson
Memorial Art Gallery
,
Owen Sound, On., Canada
#3 Private Collection

CERAMIC PAINTING

TRACK LIGHT CONTROLS
(Homage to Jasper Johns)

TRACK LIGHT CONTROLS
(Homage to Jasper Johns)

2008

12cmH x 20cm W x 3cm D
(single & multi-knob dimmers)
cast bronze editions; image
source: former art gallery
Toronto, Canada


 

 

PEDESTAL
2004

126cm H x 31cm W x 31cm D
red oak: miniature stairs
pierce work with
entrance and exit

PEDESTAL


FENWICK FOR INSIDE CORNER 

FENWICK FOR INSIDE CORNER
2002

29cm H x 28cm W x 18cm D
Roly Fenwick oil painting
mitred 90 degrees
Collection: Tom Thomson
Memorial Art Gallery

Owen Sound, On., Canada

 

THE ARRIVAL
1986

102cm H x 43cm W x 39cm D
ceramic; series chronicles
travails of transporting art



THE ARRIVAL  



ADAPTATION

ADAPTATION
1985

191cm W x 128cm H x 10cm D
19th century gold leafed frame
modified for installation
over door frame

 

THE EUDAIMONIA OF
JOSHUA REYNOLDS
(Self Portrait With Awning)
1984-1985

51cm H x 38cm W x 31cm D
attributed portrait ca:1755
19th century provenance &
frame; brass, vinyl awning

EUDAIMONIA OF JOSHUA REYNOLDS
(SELF PORTRAIT WITH AWNING)



THE 19TH CENTURY FOR INSIDE CORNER 

THE 19TH CENTURY FOR
INSIDE CORNER
1985

54cm H x 32cm W x 18cm D
mitered painting: School
of Rosalba Carerra
brass lamp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A HISTORY OF PAINTING
1983

50cm H x 58cm W x 38cm D
ceramic, 19th C. frame
24K gold lustre, picture lamp

Collection: McIntosh Art Gallery
London, Ontario, Canada

A HISTORY OF PAINTING

 

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