Helen Marten
Brood and Bitter Pass, 2015
Steel; Aluminium; Model Board; Ash; Cherry; chipboard; sprayed MDF; blown glass; glazed ceramic; screen printed Latex; bucket; cast Resin; cast Jesmonite; stones; cast Rubber; flocked aluminium; gold leaf; cotton; nails; magnets; heating filament; lace; vinyl; twig; glass beaker; cast concrete; brass; Neoprene rubber; stitched and embroidered fabric; airbrushed steel; cardboard; sand; sugar; felt; oyster shell
Overall: 118 1/2 x 321 5/8 x 44 inches (301 x 816.9 x 111.8 cm)
Helen Marten
The cat from the bacon, 2015
Steel, Aluminium; hand thrown glazed ceramic; Terracotta; Model board; Ash; Cherry; Valchro-mat; Sepili; chipboard; carboard; sprayed MDF; fur; silk; sequins; cast Resin; cast Jesmonite; oil paint on paper; airbrushed steel; stitched and embroidered fabric; lace; stones; mother of pearl; rope; tin foil; brass bells; cast rubber; sand; bucket; micro beads; Formica; engraved Brass; Copper; matchbooks; beads; cotton string
Overall: 85 x 141 1/2 x 124 inches (215.9 x 359.4 x 315 cm)
Helen Marten
The Lemon, 2015
Steel; Aluminium; hand thrown glazed ceramic; airbrushed steel; Model Board; Maple; Walnut; fur; cast Resin; cast Jesmonite; stitched fabric; brass; Xenophora shell; Oyster shell; stitched and embroidered fabric; burnt Fimo; glass; model trees; recycled paper; clay; ribbon; chipboard; painted polyurethane; sequins
Overall: 83 1/2 x 265 1/4 x 145 inches (212.1 x 673.7 x 368.3 cm)
Helen Marten
Puddlefoot, digging, 2015
Screen printing and painting on leather, suede, cotton, velvet; stained and sprayed Ash; airbrushed steel; inlaid Formica
118 x 90 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches (299.7 x 229.9 x 9.8 cm)
Helen Marten
Knockoff Venus, 2015
Screen printing and painting on leather, suede, cotton, velvet; stained and sprayed Ash; inlaid Formica; Walnut; cast Jesmonite
118 x 98 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (299.7 x 250.2 x 10.8 cm)
Helen Marten
Limpet Apology (traffic tenses), 2015
Screen printing and painting on leather, suede, cotton, velvet; stained and sprayed Ash; folded steel; enamel paint on Balsa wood; airbrushed steel; magnets; inlaid Formica; Cherry
123 1/2 x 204 x 7 1/2 inches (313.7 x 518.2 x 19.1 cm)
Helen Marten, Installation view, All the World's Futures, 56th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, 2015
Helen Marten
Lunar Nibs, 2015
Welded steel, aluminium, stitched fabric, lacquered chipboard, string, cast plaster, cast rubber, cast resin, nails, copper sulphate, clay, bones, black sand, etched steel, cut vinyl, snakeskin, fish skin, copper wire, hand-thrown glazed ceramic, coins, felt, taxidermy insects, salt
54 7/8 x 127 1/8 x 79 1/2 inches (139.5 x 323 x 202 cm)
Helen Marten
On aerial greens (haymakers), 2015
Part 1: lacquered hardwood, steel, shoe soles, rubber, cast rubber, cast resin, stitched fabric, pipe tubing, galvanised cardboard, string, stamped baking paper, limes, marbles, embroidered fabric
Part 2: screen printed suede, leather and PVC, hand thrown glazed ceramic, lacquered hardwood, Formica, cast resin, cast rubber, woven straw
91 7/8 x 180 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (233.5 x 458.5 x 47 cm)
Helen Marten
Under Blossom EFG, 2015
Triptych screen printed panels: screen printed suede, leather and waxed cotton, pressed Formica, ash, cherry, walnut, welded galvanised steel, glazed ceramic, strings, cast bronze and aluminum, coloured pencil drawing under resin
Each: 105 7/8 x 131 1/2 x 3 1/8 inches (268.9 x 334 x 7.9 cm)
Helen Marten, Under Blossom EFG, 2015 (detail)
Helen Marten, Under Blossom EFG, 2015 (detail)
Helen Marten, Under Blossom EFG, 2015 (detail)
Helen Marten, Installation view, Parrot Problems, Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, 2014
Helen Marten
Parrot Problems, 2014
Welded steel, aluminium, fabric, wood, string, cast plaster, latex, rubber, stitched suede, prosthetic eyeballs, rivets, hammer, galvanised painted cardboard
53 1⁄8 x 59 x 51 1⁄4 in (134.94 x 149.86 x 130.18 cm)
Helen Marten
Bodybowl, 2014
Welded steel, aluminium, fabric, plastic, cuttlefish, braided wool, cast bronze, cast rubber, fossil teeth, corn stalk, cast resin, marbles, chipboard, electrical wire, stainless steel, toothpicks
67 x 70 7⁄8 x 45 1⁄4 in (170.18 x 180.02 x 114.94 cm)
Helen Marten
Becoming branch, 2014
Welded steel, stitched fabric, plastic, cast rubber, airbrushed wood, tree stump, rope, walnut, truck tyre, burnt bark, glass marble, string
57 x 67 x 41 1⁄3 in (144.78 x 170.18 x 110.07 cm)
Helen Marten
Long division lunches (Let by), 2014
Glazed ceramic, welded powder coated steel, engraved Corian, photo etched copper, flies, laser cut steel, pencil, strings, waxed fabric, rose petals, match end, staples, stone
Ceramic: 54 1⁄3 x 33 1⁄2 x 21 2⁄3 in
Metal appendage: 11 7⁄8 x 30 3⁄4 x 23 2⁄3 in
Helen Marten, Long division lunches (Let by), 2014 (detail)
Helen Marten
Candy Mandible, Mrs, 2014
Glazed ceramic; cast aluminium; bent and painted wire; pvc; joined bike chains; wood; fabric; cast resin; rose petals; twig; sugar
Ceramic: 47 3⁄8 x 39 1⁄4 x 13 1⁄4 in
Tray: 4 3⁄8 x 20 3⁄4 x 31 1⁄8 in
Helen Marten, Candy Mandible Mrs, 2014 (detail)
Installation view, 55th Annual Venice Biennal: The Encyclopedic Palace, Venice, 2013
Helen Marten
Orchids, or a hemispherical bottom, 2013 (still)
Digital video
19 minutes 24 seconds (looped)
Helen Marten, Installation view, No borders in a wok that can’t be crossed, CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 2013
Helen Marten, Installation view, No borders in a wok that can’t be crossed, CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 2013
Helen Marten, Installation view, No borders in a wok that can’t be crossed, CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 2013
Helen Marten, Installation view, Almost the exact shape of Florida, Kunsthalle Zürich, 2012
Installation view
MoMA PS1, New York, 2012
Helen Marten, Installation view, Greene Naftali, New York, 2011
Helen Marten
Some Civic Shades (Highball Hi Rise), 2011
Digitally printed wallpaper from vector drawing
128 x 388 x 21 inches (325.1 x 985.5 x 53.3 cm)