Joseph Hubbard

ENTROPIC SERIES
The tendency of all things to crack, to spill, to spread, to spoil,
and to disintegrate. The opposite of Eros.

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	INCHOATE INSTINCTS 2010 Iron egg scales, cast resin, compasses 13 in.W x 5.5in H x 5.5in D (33cm W x 14 cm H x 14 cm D)
RETROSPECTIVE	RETROSPECTIVE 2004;26cm.H x 96cm.W x18cm.D; walnut "shelf"; leather book spines, brass, gold leaf, cast resin: wood shelf supported from below by leather bound arcane literary books published 1813 entitled Retrospective Review; brass bed; 3 goldleafed eggs; below right hangs suspended large rusted, corroded egg. wall mounted. probes relationship of memory, entropy
	CREDIT CRYPT 4.5"(12cm)Hx23"(58.5 cm) Wx17"(43cm)D; ceramic, walnut; sound recording of Visa machine occurs when button is pushed; TIME accelerates obsolescence:children rarely recognize this object now. Obsolescence sculpture; Society retards process of memory loss through cultural introspection, museums and libraries. Public Gallery Exhibition Provenance; .	CREDIT CRYPT
TOOLS FOR INTUITION: PLANE	TOOLS FOR INTUITION: PLANE 20" (51cm diam.) x 5"(13cm) D (early works in series includes plane, level, measure,others)1984-7 bent, wilted, entropic metaphors ceramic, mirror, steel ice skate welded steel; platinum plating, wood  .
	ARTICHOKE - ZOETROPE 20" (51cm diam.) x 5"(13cm) D 1985; early entropy inquiry; ceramic; gold plating wood, epoxy, sand entropy study: vertical- mounted ceramic Zoetrope rotates to reveal clay artichokes progressively loosing parts down to core (choke)	ARTICHOKE - ZOETROPE
TARGET; LETTER TO JASPER JOHNS	TARGET; LETTER TO JASPER JOHNS 26" (66cm diam.) x 6"(15cm) D 1983 early work: entropy inquiry; glazed ceramic; acrylic resin spill gold plated ceramic carrot darts collection McIntosh Art Gallery London, Ontario, Canada .
	TOBOGGAN WITH EGGS 1984; early work; 56"(140 cm)H x 12" (30cm)W x 7"( 18cm) D ceramic, cast resin eggs; polyester resin "spill" vertical- mounted; entropy inquiry Public Gallery Exhibition Provenance; Private Collection	TOBOGGAN WITH EGGS
ENTROPIC PLANT STUDIES: CACTI	ENTROPIC PLANT STUDIES: CACTI 1984-93 early works; 11cm H x12cm D x19cm D; ceramic; gold,copper lustres; steel pins (various versions) Public; Commercial Gallery Exhibitions Private Collections Also in: Sexuality / Desire
DISASTER The ultimate entropic event is a disaster. Entropy and disaster are subjects for romancing decline and loss in both the material and natural worlds. .
	HIGH RISE FIRE 1984; early work; ceramic 9.5 (75 cm) H x 13.5" (34 cm)W x5.5" (14cm) D Exhibited London, Toronto, Montreal	HIGH RISE FIRE
HIGH RISE MONUMENT	HIGH RISE MONUMENT 1985; early work; ceramic; 24K gold plating 29.5 (75 cm) H x 13.5"(34 cm)W x5.5" (14cm) D Exhibited London, Toronto, Montreal Corporate Collection Also in: Social Inquiry / Political
	PLEASE REMAIN SEATED 1983; early work; 30"(76cm)W x 10" (25cm)H x8.5"(22cm)D; hardboard and enameled violin case ceramic contents; gold plating explores dread ; fears of air disasters Exhibited: Centre de Picasso: International Biennale; Valauris, France Public Exhibition Provenance; collection McIntosh Art Gallery London, Ontario, Canada	PLEASE REMAIN SEATED
DISPLACED VALUE	DISPLACED VALUE Installation/Performance Work 1984; very early work; ceramic 38" (99cm) H x 96" (244cm) W 96"(244cm)D; exploration of the effects of natural disaster on human and economic values attached to property Public Gallery Exhibition Provenance; Exhibited London, Toronto, Montreal Also in: Installations .
	TOUCAN AND UNICYCLE: (for Duchamp and the Demise of Postmodernism) 1983; early work; 40" (102cm)H x 30" (76cm) W x18" (46cm) D chromed steel "unicycle"; ceramic toucan; gold plating; painted tread marks applied across gallery floor. Public Exhibition Provenance; Private Collection; USA	TOUCAN AND UNICYCLE: (for Duchamp and the Demise of Postmodernism)

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