Title Form and Content
Material mild steel
Medium Sculpture
Year of Creation 1988
Artist(s) Peter Hide
Address Borden Art Park
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
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Description

Form and Content could be interpreted as a metaphor for life and death. Structurally, it consists of a vertical stack of separate components (content) that are bound together by a powerful containing outline (form). The outline and stack strongly communicate a sense of upward progression. However, the progression is, or seems to be, checked by the topmost boxy volume. This component, while strongly compartmental in character, peacefully coexists at one with the outline.