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Heidi BucherUntitled (Borg)1975
1975
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When Bucher moved back to Zurich from California in the mid-1970s and established her studio in an old butcher’s shop, she began creating latex castings of architectural elements, like floorboards and tiles. This move toward architectural material emerged from Bucher’s earlier practice in the years prior, which focused mostly on castings of small textiles and previously-worn clothing.
In 1975, Bucher completed 'Untitled (Borg).' The casting takes as its template the tiled interior of the cold store room in Bucher’s studio. This room was in the center of the butcher’s shop and Bucher called it the “borg.”
To create 'Untitled (Borg)', Bucher first took a textile and glued it onto the surface of the tiles with fish paste. Once that was dry, she painted over the textile with a layer of latex; when those layers had dried, Bucher tore the casting from the surface and coated it in mother-of-pearl pigment. The final product is a life-sized reproduction of the original surface in Bucher’s shiny, translucent material. The final product bears not only the traces and imprints of the tiled surface, but also the tiny particles – dust, dirt, paint – of the surface, which were bound up in the adhesive layer of glue.
- Creator:Heidi Bucher (1926 - 1993, Swiss)
- Creation Year:1975
- Dimensions:Height: 50.01 in (127 cm)Width: 37.41 in (95 cm)Depth: 2.37 in (6 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
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