Joseph Hubbard

MORTALITY / SELF PORTRAITS

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ST. SEBASTIAN CLOCK	ST. SEBASTIAN CLOCK (Self Portrait)  2004-5; 84cm H x 68cm W x 33cm D; wood violin case, layered white feathers; hand made arrows, wood letters on the shafts spell "THEY PREFER THEIR ARTISTS DEAD."  wall mounted
	LUGUBRIOUS CLOCK (Self Portrait)   2003-5; 135 cm H /72 cm W /18 cm D; wood, brass;     description: antique WALNUT instrument case; brass "clock-like" parts; wildly sprung clock mechanism protrudes from case; brass heraldic horn; wall mounted; collection MUSEUM LONDON, CANADA	LUGUBRIOUS CLOCK
TIDE CLOCK	TIDE CLOCK (Self Portrait)  2003-5; 146cm H/ 36cm W/ 23 cm D; wood, glass, fibreglass resin; clear acrylic resin; found objects: description:  dark green finished wood; resembles tall floor-standing clock w/cast 1/2 scale human head/hands behind glass tide-clock face; brass instruments, cast ears & objects in small glass vitrines on sides; freestanding
	DECONSTRUCTION: CANADIAN CLOCK (Self Portrait)  2004-5; 59 cm H / 47 cm W /6 cm D; found objects; vacuum formed vinyl, plexiglass, wood. description: Neutral matte finish taupe "deconstructed" postmodern ersatz "clock" (w/found objects) arranged behind vacuum formed clear vinyl; on clear plexiglass background; wood frame: WALL MOUNTED;  (can be hung horizontal or vertical).	DECONSTRUCTION: CANADIAN CLOCK
MY FATHER'S STEAMCLOCK	MY FATHER'S STEAMCLOCK My Deconstructed Canadian Clock is partially a result of childhood experience in taking the family wall clock apart to determine how it measured time. When ordered to reassemble the clock; I could not. My father later replaced it at an auction with a peculiar steam clock which I inherited at his death. The Deconstructed Clock took decades to resolve.
	METER (Time/Money/Space)  1984-2002; 39cm H /19cm W 15cm D; (edition of100 with 52 in private collections)  cast white ceramic/wood base/signed; numbered/variations: some glazed/24K gold plating; metal bases	METER (Time/Money/Space)
PRIVILEGE (THREE METERS)	PRIVILEGE (THREE METERS)  2003;  44cm H /60cm W 15cm D  (unique) cast & glazed ceramic on black leather wall shelf; base/White, Black & 24K lustre
	BOARD OF DIRECTORS (LAST SUPPER)  version 1 -1985 122cm.W x48cm.H x41cm.D cast & glazed 24K lustred ceramic meters surround walnut "table"; version 2- 1999 Corporate Collection.	BOARD OF DIRECTORS (LAST SUPPER)
TIMEPIECE: GERMANY	TIMEPIECE: GERMANY 2004; 30cm H x 15cmW x 8cmD: steel; cast resin,barbed wire, found objects; EDITION OF TWO; description: Black Forest clockface supports forceps holding iron coated resin egg inside of which resides antique watch. Private Collections
	CLOCK 2  1983 very early work 41cm H x  20cmW x  8cm D; found rusted detritus housed in wood reliquary; glass door w. glazed lustred "hands":  private collection.	CLOCK 2
FLAMINGO CLOCK	FLAMINGO CLOCK  1982 very early work; 89cm H x 30.5cm W x 18cm D; unique glazed ceramic; white; brass; 24K lustre Private collection.

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