Mark Handforth’s work is centered around the sculptural vocabulary of urban areas and familiar elements of day-to-day life (traffic signs, streetlamps, motor scooters, truck wheels, hydrants, neon tubes, or candles). He adapts them by either remodeling them or by replicating them in an often considerably larger scale—which, in many cases, creates uncertainty as to whether the pieces are ready-mades or not. This is irrelevant: Handforth does not pursue any documentary interests; rather than wanting to reproduce reality, he arranges familiar everyday elements in such a way that they create new points of reference.
Pink Panther
2016
Aluminum, painted
Unique
305 x 176 x 121 cm / 120 1/8 x 69 1/4 x 47 5/8 in
© Mark Handforth
Snow White
2016
Aluminum, painted
Unique
284.5 x 305 x 127 cm / 112 x 120 x 50 in
© Mark Handforth
Two Old Bananas
2013
Cast aluminum; 3-parts
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
Approx. 305 x 217 x 180 cm / 120 1/8 x 85 3/8 x 70 7/8 in
© Mark Handforth
Twisted Horseshoe
2013
Aluminum, enamel, glass ball lamp; 2-parts
Unique
Horseshoe 265 x 275 x 49.5 cm / 104 3/8 x 108 1/4 x 19 1/2 in
Ball lamp 30 x 30 x 28 cm / 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 11 in
© Mark Handforth
Phone Holes, Floating and Tearing Apart (Caviar Phone)
2013
Wall installation; drilled holes in the wall, ink and spraypaint installed with a template
Unique
Dimension variable
© Mark Handforth
Smoking
2008
Aluminum, polyurethane paint
Unique
Diameter 270 cm, depth 1.5 cm
© Mark Handforth
