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Early Work: Plastics
Ferris Newton
VOCATION-II

newton ATTACHMENT
‘ATTACHMENT’
Ferris Newton
In New York, Before 1965 
About 46 cm

Plastic flowers growing from a steel clamp.

I’ve always believed that in our time, a piece of sculpture should be made to stand on its own, without a pedestal (unless the pedestal is part of the Work).

TRUMPET-FLOWER
‘TRUMPET FLOWER’
Ferris Newton
1969            ± 90 cm

YELLOW-ROLLER
‘YELLOW ROLLER’
Ferris Newton
1968            45 X 25 cm

Newton BLOOMIN-FENCE
‘A BLOOMIN FENCE’
Ferris Newton

1971             About  70 cm

ROCK-A-BYE
‘ROCK-A-BYE’
Ferris Newton
1968            35 X 40 cm

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‘PINK ROLLER’
Ferris Newton
1968            ±50 X 28 X 18

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‘ROCKER’
Ferris Newton
1968            35 cm

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‘MOVING TARGET’
Ferris Newton
1968            ±40 X 23 X 32

If toys are an important way that we learn, then I believe that this little guy has a lot to teach.

Another innocent… caught in the crossfire of emotional wars or is it ideological conflicts?

I hope that his beauty is seductive enough to “promote conjecture” and that he’s strong enough to offer some choices about these values.

REGIMENTAL-FLOWER
‘REGIMENTAL FLOWER’
Ferris Newton

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‘HEDGE’
Ferris Newton
1971   About 102 cm           
Black Plastic Pair

WINDFLOWER
‘WINDFLOWER’
Ferris Newton
1969            ± 50 cm
With the innocently beautiful gesture of a Cyclamen it greets the world, buffeted but still defiantly struggling to stand.

TRAVELIN-FLOWER
‘TRAVELIN FLOWER’
Ferris Newton
1968            38 cm

LANGUAGE-OF-FLOWERS
‘THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS’
Ferris Newton
1971      About  90 cm and 70 cm

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‘MACRO GERMINATION’
Ferris Newton
In New York Before 1965          
About 120 cm

Mostly recycled plastic products, re-shaped

 

SPACEFLOWER
‘SPACE FLOWER’
Ferris Newton
1968            About  61cm

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Grounded
Ferris Newton
 

YELLOW-FLAG
‘YELLOW FLAG’
Ferris Newton
1968            69 cm

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‘GOLDEN SEEDLING’
Ferris Newton
In New York Before 1965           
About 38 cm

 

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‘MODULES’
Ferris Newton
1978?     About 70 cm

Three almost identicals.  Heat inflated, rigid plastic

‘FOR BLACK FEATHERS AND MAGIC’ 1971 Made for Chris Bruce
‘FOR BLACK FEATHERS AND MAGIC’
Ferris Newton
1971       30 cm      
Made for Chris Bruce

DISABLED
‘DISABLED’
Ferris Newton
1969            127 cm

SOCIAL-CLIMBER
‘SOCIAL CLIMBER’
Ferris Newton
In New York, Before 1965           
About 70 cm

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ARMOUR
Ferris Newton
1968  690x1024

TROUBLED-DOWN-BELOW
‘Troubled Down Below’
Ferris Newton
1971 About  60 X 58

SUPPORT
‘SUPPORT’
Ferris Newton
1970   89 cm
Black ‘Rubber’ bolted to PVC

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‘IMPRISMED’
Ferris Newton
1972            About 50 X 30

A Face Divided into two pieces

PIGGIE POOH
‘PIGGIE POOH’
Ferris Newton
1968            ±75 cm

For me, a loveable character…. He’s trying so awfully hard to do tricks that might please, and his ‘bite’ is about as fearsome as that of a plastic toy.

With him, I tested the extremes of what I could ‘free-mold’ with Toughened Polystyrene.

And yes… my own ‘inner beasts’ did get a bit out of hand, but it was ever-so-much FUN.

Collection of Rowland Floyd

PINK-TANK

‘PINK TANK’
Ferris Newton
1968            About 20 X 43 cm

Newton A-MEMBER
‘A MEMBER’
Ferris Newton
1968            ±60 X 40

BLOOMIN-SATYR
BLOOMIN SATYR
Ferris Newton

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‘RUBBER GOTHICK’
Ferris Newton
1970            17 X 12.8 X 1.2 cm 
Gothic door

Please do look closely… there’s a worn threshold between the carved columns, inviting you to enter into an ancient place, but for me, not a ‘Churchy’ one.

PORTCULLIS
‘PORTCULLIS’
Ferris Newton

1970            Vinyl & Rubber slotted onto rigid Polystyrene

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‘OPENLY FETISH’
Ferris Newton
1970     73.5 cm     Vinyl and PVC

BOUNDARIES
‘BOUNDARIES’
Ferris Newton
1971            About 50 X 55  cm

Hedge in front of Fence

BONDAGE
‘BONDAGE’
Ferris Newton
1969            ± 90 cm

CORPORATE-MAN
'CORPORATE MAN'
Ferris Newton

BOXED
'BOXED'
Ferris Newton

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‘SHEPHERD’S STAFF’
Ferris Newton
1978            About 128 cm

Wow! That hurt.

VOCATION-II
‘VOCATION I’
Ferris Newton
1965    76 cm

VOCATION
‘VOCATION II’
Ferris Newton
NY ±1965            ± 81 cm
Some sort of Fraternal penance… the nails are very real

DEEP-BLUE
‘DEEP BLUE’
Ferris Newton
In New York, Before 1965          
About 64 cm

PLASTIC-BEGININGS
‘PLASTIC BEGINNINGS’
Ferris Newton

In New York, Before 1965           
About 61 cm

PHOENIX

‘PHOENIX’

Ferris Newton

NY 1965            ±140 cm

From studio plastic leftovers and the ‘Trouvé Plastique’ of a Christmas past, this ‘strangeness bird’ was reborn. With all of its limiting factors, it still stands tall and defiant (even if the fragile Piece may no longer exist).

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‘MORNING GLORY’
Ferris Newton
In New York Before 1965           
About 76 cm

UP-THE-BLUES
‘UP THE BLUES’
Ferris Newton
1978 ?            About 70 cm

UGLY-DUCKLING
‘UGLY DUCKLING’
Ferris Newton

1972      About 60 cm

WALKING-IMPAIRED
'WALKING IMPAIRED'
Ferris Newton

STUMPY
‘STUMPY’
Ferris Newton
1968            76 cm

TROPHY
‘TROPHY’
Ferris Newton
1978    About 60 X 60 cm

SMOKERS-FRIEND
‘SMOKER’S FRIEND’
Ferris Newton

FROM-NOWHERE
‘FROM NOWHERE’
Ferris Newton