Sue Callanan

The idea is that a rusting spanner sitting on a pile of earth in a picture format is a displaced context from its original. I actually unearthed the spanner from my garden. I thought it fitting to follow on from a previous work Dust to Dust made for EARTH 2024. I anticipate that in this displaced context of an art gallery the work will be viewed differently, with a critical Eye.. It is a commentary on the material quality of things, notably those items of every day use that have the capacity to dissolve back into the earth without scarring , in contrast to the proliferation of plastic and non-recyclable items that surround us.