Plastic is a very durable material that never gives up.

Andrea Roe had found this toy arm from a plastic super hero on the street, and picked it up to maybe make an artwork out of it. She told me that she had it hanging around in her studio for a while but never got around to actually integrating it into one of her sculptures, nonetheless still liking it. She just couldn’t find a suitable place for it. I figured it sure belonged in an art context, but did it really have to take centre stage? Given that it was so bold, but also very strong and reliable, I decided to give it more of a supporting role – as a picture hanger. It was pretty easy to mount it on a small plate so that it could be hung securely on a wall, behind a paiting and thus completely invisible. But what would that matter, since Andrea would know it was there, and surely remember it once in a while when she looked at the frame it supported. Does art always have to be visible to be effective?

A small sculpture or a big hook.

Object no. 61