This body of work started when Hornby was shortlisted for a commission to make a permanent sculpture for the cast courts at the V&A in London. His design was for a twelve-metre long ‘stalactite’ formed by taking the outline of Michelangelo’s David and extruding it to a single point. While he did not win the commission, the research that went into the project would go on to form the basis of Hornby’s solo exhibition Nick Hornby: Sculpture (1504–2013) at Churner and Churner in New York and the concurrent public commission: God Bird Drone, also presented in New York in 2013.
The basic principle of this ongoing body of works is a single silhouette extruded and then an action performed, such as reduction to a point, twisting, enlarging and so on. Unlike the Intersection works, the Extrusions to date have involved no combining of sources, only simple manipulations of a single source. As with other bodies of Hornby’s work, digital technology plays a significant role in his design and production processes for the Extrusions. Subsequent Extrusion pieces include a console table for David Gill Gallery, London, and a number have been exhibited at Glyndebourne.
The basic principle of this ongoing body of works is a single silhouette extruded and then an action performed, such as reduction to a point, twisting, enlarging and so on. Unlike the Intersection works, the Extrusions to date have involved no combining of sources, only simple manipulations of a single source. As with other bodies of Hornby’s work, digital technology plays a significant role in his design and production processes for the Extrusions. Subsequent Extrusion pieces include a console table for David Gill Gallery, London, and a number have been exhibited at Glyndebourne.
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6 ̊ takes One Minute , 2013Marble Resin
83.8 x 25.4 x 43.2 cm
33 x 10 x 17 inEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door (Coco Chanel), 2016Marble Resin Composite90 x 90 x 90 cm
35 3/8 x 35 3/8 x 35 3/8 inEdition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Still and still moving (TS Elliot), 2016Bronze19 x 19 x 19 cm
7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
My Nose Grows Now, 2013Bronze, steel frame25.4 x 83.8 x 17.8 cm (35 1⁄2 x 20 x 20 inches (steel frame) )
10 x 33 x 7 inEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs -
The Present Is Just a Point, 2013Marble resin composite, aluminum102 1⁄2 x 78 3⁄4 x 45 inches.
280L x 200W x 95Hcm (5.32CBM)
Estimated Total weight: 370kg