The Juggernaut of Nought is a signature sculpture made in steel by sculptor Richard Trupp. The sculpture was originally exhibited in 2011 [1] in the grounds of Great Fosters Hotel in Surrey, England. Of this installation Trupp said "I intended the site-specific sculpture to look like a sculptural exclamation mark in the rural environment. It asks questions of its own existence. Where did it come from? What is it doing here? Is it safe?" [2]
The work was displayed in the University of Leicester's eleventh "Annual Sculpture in the Garden" exhibition in the Harold Martin Botanic Garden. [3] It was exhibited at Burghley House's Sculpture Garden in 2015, [4] and as of 2016 it is installed outside Nottingham Trent University's Arkwright Building in Shakespeare Street. [5] The piece was installed in 2012 for the exhibition Since 1843: In the Making, celebrating 170 years of the university's School of Art and Design of the university. [5] Trupp said "It creates an interruption of the surrounding environment and creates a moment of pause, a moment to ponder." [6]
It was designed as a tribute to Trupp's mentor Anthony Caro, [5][ failed verification] based on a small steel wedge Trupp found in the workshop of Caro and pocketed. [6][ dead link] Trupp says of the title that: "The word juggernaut implies a fast-moving piece of steel and the nought signifies a beginning". [6] The Nottingham Post described it as a "wedge of black cheese". [6]
The Juggernaut of Nought is a signature sculpture made in steel by sculptor Richard Trupp. The sculpture was originally exhibited in 2011 [1] in the grounds of Great Fosters Hotel in Surrey, England. Of this installation Trupp said "I intended the site-specific sculpture to look like a sculptural exclamation mark in the rural environment. It asks questions of its own existence. Where did it come from? What is it doing here? Is it safe?" [2]
The work was displayed in the University of Leicester's eleventh "Annual Sculpture in the Garden" exhibition in the Harold Martin Botanic Garden. [3] It was exhibited at Burghley House's Sculpture Garden in 2015, [4] and as of 2016 it is installed outside Nottingham Trent University's Arkwright Building in Shakespeare Street. [5] The piece was installed in 2012 for the exhibition Since 1843: In the Making, celebrating 170 years of the university's School of Art and Design of the university. [5] Trupp said "It creates an interruption of the surrounding environment and creates a moment of pause, a moment to ponder." [6]
It was designed as a tribute to Trupp's mentor Anthony Caro, [5][ failed verification] based on a small steel wedge Trupp found in the workshop of Caro and pocketed. [6][ dead link] Trupp says of the title that: "The word juggernaut implies a fast-moving piece of steel and the nought signifies a beginning". [6] The Nottingham Post described it as a "wedge of black cheese". [6]