Joseph Hubbard

ENTROPIC SERIES
The tendency of all things to crack, to spill, to spread, to spoil,
and to disintegrate. The opposite of Eros.

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	INCHOATE INSTINCTS 2010 33cm W x 14 cm H x 14 cm D Iron egg scales, cast resin, compasses	INCHOATE INSTINCTS
RETROSPECTIVE	RETROSPECTIVE 2004 26cm H x 96cm W x 18cm D walnut "shelf"; leather book spines, brass, gold leaf, cast resin: wood shelf supported from below by leather bound arcane literary books published 1813 entitled Retrospective Review; brass bed; 3 goldleafed eggs; below right hangs suspended large rusted, corroded egg. wall mounted. probes relationship of memory, entropy
	CREDIT CRYPT 1984/rebuilt 1995 12cm H x 58.5cm W x 43cm D ceramic, walnut, tape recorder, sand, 24K gold lustre Sound recording of Visa machine occurs when button is pushed. explores obsolescence, collective memory loss First Canadian ceramic work with sound Collection: Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery Waterloo, Ontario, Canada	CREDIT CRYPT
TOOLS FOR INTUITION: PLANE	TOOLS FOR INTUITION: PLANE 1986 51cm diameter x 13cm D ceramic, steel skate blade, plexiglass, 24K gold lustre, gold leaf shavings Series includes curvilinear plumb bob, wilted meter sticks.
	ARTICHOKE - ZOETROPE 1983 51cm diameter x 13cm D ceramic, 24K gold lustre, wood wall mounted entropy inquiry Rotates to reveal motion of an artichoke losing leaves until only the core remains. First Canadian ceramic sculpture with movement	ARTICHOKE - ZOETROPE
TARGET; LETTER TO JASPER JOHNS	TARGET; LETTER TO JASPER JOHNS 1983 66cm diameter x 15cm D glazed ceramic, acrylic resin spill gold plated ceramic carrot darts entropy enquiry Collection: McIntosh Gallery London, Ontario, Canada
	TOBOGGAN 1984, early work 140cm H x 30cm W x 7cm D ceramic, cast resin eggs, polyester resin "spill", vertical-mounted; entropy inquiry Public Gallery Exhibition Provenance; Private Collection	TOBOGGAN
ENTROPIC PLANT STUDIES: CACTI	ENTROPIC PLANT STUDIES: CACTI 1984-1993, early works 11cm H x12cm D x19cm D ceramic, gold, copper lustres, steel pins (various versions), Private Collections Also in: Sexuality / Desire
DISASTER The ultimate entropic event is a disaster. Entropy and disaster are subjects for romancing decline and loss in both the material and natural worlds . .
	HIGH RISE FIRE 1984, early work 75cm H x 34cm W x 14cm D ceramic Exhibited London, Toronto, Montreal	HIGH RISE FIRE
HIGH RISE MONUMENT	HIGH RISE MONUMENT 1985, early work 75cm H x 34cm W x 14cm D ceramic, 24K gold plating Corporate Collection Also in: Social Inquiry / Political
	PLEASE REMAIN SEATED 1983 78cm W x 25cm H x 22cm D ceramic, violin case, 24K gold lustres; exhibited International Picasso Biennale Valauris, France Collection: McIntosh Gallery London, On., Canada	PLEASE REMAIN SEATED
DISPLACED VALUE	DISPLACED VALUE 1984, 1996, 2007 38cmH x 244cmW x 244cm D ceramic, video, DVD first Canadian ceramic installation & performance: McIntosh Gallery, London, On. Centre Bonsecours, Montreal Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, On. Canada
	TOUCAN AND UNICYCLE (For Duchamp, Curnoe & the Demise of Regionalism) 1983 102cm H x 76cmW x 46cm D ceramic, chromed steel, painted tread marks applied to gallery floor Extensive Provenance Private Collection USA	TOUCAN AND UNICYCLE: (for Duchamp and the Demise of Postmodernism)

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