Basic data of the work of art

Technique / description *

Conservation / installation

Balka´s intervention

Installation composed by the following items:

- A table make with very old / rough wood and white cement on top.

(fig. 1)

- An old electric pillow that lies over the table

- A small piece of wood placed on the floor with ashes (fig.2)

- A long piece of wood to be hang on the wall, with some fir leaves over and some more in the floor (fig. 3)

- Follow the hand written installation instructions by the author.

- The manipulation of the table has to be very careful since the upper cement part is too heavy for the wood structure, avoid to up side down the table

- The fir leaves and the ashes tends to disappear during the exhibition periods, due to some visitors steeping on them, or the cleaning staff. It's not so easy for a visitor to distinguish those subtle elements over some types of floors.

-See installation / description photos and video

Loan to Fundaçao Serralves (Portugal).

Balka install himself the piece in a different way as it should be in regular exhibitions. After the return of Portugal's loan, the 90% of the fir leaves disappeared. We contact Balka through his London Gallery and he decided to send us more fir leaves. We have now, enough for replacement.

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Loan to Galleria d´Arte Moderna Bologna ( Italy).

Balka install the piece himself. By the end of the exhibition some of the fir leaves used for the installation are missed.

Cat. Nº: AC 690

Installation composed by the following items:

-A rusty iron support

-An old wood panel, framed with iron, to be screw (3 screws) over the iron support (fig.4 /Balka on lef side)

-5 old small tins, lined with a very degraded linoleum

- Follow the hand written installation instructions by the author.

- Balka is notified that, upon arrival, to FLC, one of the 3 screws in bad condition.

-See installation / description photos

-Dec. 98

Loan to Fundaçao Serralves (Portugal):

Balka installed himself the piece in a different way, as it should be in regular exhibitions. The author, for replacement adds more screws.