see the pieces for sale at Joe Rush`s show

All prices are exclusive of VAT
Enquiries: [email protected] | Tel: +44 (0)191 221 2560
Images ©Joe Rush & Lazarides Ltd. 2013
MAD JOCK
Unique
50cm x 28cm x 25cm
Gravy boat, electric drill, bicycle parts, airbrush parts, engine parts, espresso
pot, novelty boxing gloves
£4500
CRAB SAPPER
Unique
180cm x 90cm x 60cm
Motorcycle parts, bolt croppers, hand tools, first world war army helmet, chain, gas canister
£14000
DRILL SERGEANT
Unique
30cm x 13cm x 20cm
Electric drill, orange squeezer, shoe stretcher, novelty ashtray, hoover parts
£4500
DEEP SEA LOVE 2
Unique
70cm x 40cm x 83cm
Antique divers helmet, pressure gauge, outboard motor tank, coal scuttle, oil cans, antique fire
extinguisher, bird cage, scaffolding clip, hand tools, cutlery, wing nuts
£18500
BOLT
Unique
22cm x 23cm x 14cm
Bolts
£1000
KANGO
Unique
70cm x 52cm x 90cm
Breakers, car suspension parts, motorcycle parts and outboard motor parts
£18500
SCULPTURE OF THE SENTRY
Unique
97cm x 63cm x 63cm
Fireman's helmet, kettle, fence post parts, hand tools, drill, cobblers lasts, shoe stretchers, tank
drive wheel, vintage tannoy
£8500
WHEELY BIRD 2
Unique
47cm x 60cm x 57cm
Car parts, hand tools, scaffold clip, outboard motor, novelty ashtray
£5000
DRILL ROCKER
Unique
39cm x 25cm x 25cm
Teapot handle, electric drill, wire mesh and hand tools
£5500
DEEP SEA LOVE 3
Unique
64cm x 50cm x 83cm
Vintage lampshade, novelty boxing gloves, electrical insulators, cobblers last, vintage spot light, car
bumper parts, orange squeezer, salad tossers, wing-nuts, antique divers helmet
£18500
GREY HOUND
Unique
22cm x 42cm x 16cm
Car bumper, franking machine, jet afterburner
£4000
DRAGOON OF THE FIRST COAL SCUTTLE REGIMENT
Unique
115cm x 60cm x 50cm
Fire guard, coal scuttle, binoculars, hand plane, spoke shave, Volkswagen Beetle piston, shoe
stretchers, boning armour, Daimler grill, bullets belt, door hinges, orange squeezer, blunderbuss
£14000
LUCY THE WISE MONKEY
Unique
50cm x 32cm x 30cm
Honda 50 engine, guttering brush, control levers
£8500
MAT O'JUICE
Unique
26cm x 18cm x 35cm
Orange squeezer, hand tools, fresh fruit
£4000
CYCLE HORSES
Unique From a Series
16cm x 10cm x 26cm
Bicycle parts, hand tools, scaffolding clip
£500
JOE RUSH // WHILE THE IRON IS HOT
Sculptor, machine mutator and rave icon Joe Rush founded the Mutoid Waste
Company in 1984. The art collective defined the visual identity of the UKʼs free rave
movement in the late 80s and early 90s. Joeʼs since become a pillar of Britainʼs
alternative arts establishment. He stole the show at the Paralympics Closing
Ceremony, and during the Rolling stonesʼ Glastonbury performance, with his
instantly recognisable “upcycled” creations made from reclaimed industrial and
domestic components. He mostly works using discarded metal salvage, breathing
new life into the detritus of consumer culture and creating treasure from trash.
While Joe is known for large-scale animated sculptures and adapted one-off
vehicles, While the Iron is Hot showcases three-dimensional pieces that can be
enjoyed as artistic jewels. “Iʼm actually making things people can live with, with
high-quality finishes,” says Joe, “Mutoid Waste sculptures are transitional in the
sense theyʼre about the process, and living in a state of change. But for the
exhibition Iʼm trying to build pieces that people can have around them for
generations.” The sculptures include The Home Guard Series of sentry figures
resembling post-apocalyptic knights in armour. Other pieces are based on deep-sea
divers and dogs.
“I like to discover the characters within the objects and draw them out,” he explains.
“Thereʼs often a relationship between the original purpose of the object Iʼm
“upcycling” and nature, as the device was made to do a job initially done by an
animal. Thereʼs a school of assembled object artists who just bring items together. I
try and make them look like theyʼre meant to be together.”
Joeʼs salvage skills – “Iʼm a scavenger by nature – I must be fairly magnetic,” he
says – extend from gathering recognisable everyday items to sourcing extremely
unusual components: “The sculptures have a creative life of their own as a result,
some take years to build and theyʼre almost impossible to reproduce. The art form is
how to get them to stay together naturally and appear dynamic. Different
substances are especially challenging – you canʼt weld aluminium to steel, for
example.”
Perhaps the most stimulating aspect, though, of Joeʼs work is the animistic
personality the individual viewer projects onto each sculpture. “Many of the pieces
feature the characters interacting. Some people see them as confronting each
other, others as displaying affection.” The audience adds its own narrative to each
vignette.
All prices are exclusive of VAT
Enquiries: [email protected] | Tel: +44 (0)191 221 2560
Images ©Joe Rush & Lazarides Ltd. 2013
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