A metal cube fitted with arms and hands hangs from a machine that moves it, lifts it and brings it back to the floor. In Body Sculpture, movement gives a faceless object a bodily presence. Its gestures shift between apparent autonomy and mechanical dependence: viewers recognise a body while also seeing its chains and control apparatus.
Full performance documentation: National Gallery of Australia, Vimeo. Artwork made in 2023; filmed presentation from 2023–2024. The museum’s video page was published on June 23, 2026. Initial discovery: Instagram post.
Location
National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, Australia. Exhibition from December 9, 2023 to July 28, 2024. Archival documentation.
The artist
Born in the United States in 1980 and based in Los Angeles, Jordan Wolfson works with video, sculpture, installation and performance. His animatronic works confront viewers with relationships between images, machines and bodily experience.
Context: National Gallery of Australia.