Stepladder, toolbox, velvet and metal nuts and bolts
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/cathy-de-monchaux-2354" aria-label="More by Cathy De Monchaux" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Cathy De Monchaux</a>
Trolley
Presented by the Tate Americas Foundation, courtesy of Sue Stoffel 2021

emotions, concepts and ideas
ladder
objects
society
tool box
tools and machinery
transformation
transport: land
trolley
universal concepts
<p>In <span>Trolley</span>, De Monchaux uses a ladder and toolbox, objects associated with stereotypical male occupations. She ‘softens up’ these found objects by adding velvet upholstery. Her work often refers to the body. The contrast of soft, luxurious textiles with cold, hard surfaces also make sexual associations. She has called this ‘a metaphor for the dialogue between all those opposing sides of the human psyche … in your head all the time, as you struggle to appear to be a balanced human being’.</p><p><em>Gallery label, December 2020</em></p>
sculpture stepladder toolbox velvet metal nuts bolts
18 January 2012 – 7 May 2012
2012-05-07
18 January 2012 – 7 May 2012
2012-05-07
2012-01-18
Tate St Ives (St Ives, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/stives/
2012-01-18
Simon Fujiwara
Exhibition
28 February 2014 – 11 May 2014
2014-05-11
28 February 2014 – 11 May 2014
2014-05-11
2014-02-28
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2014-02-28
Keywords: Art, Culture and Society in 1980s Britain
Exhibition
22 April 2019 – 5 September 2021
2021-09-05
22 April 2019 – 5 September 2021
2021-09-05
2019-04-22
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2019-04-22
Sixty Years Refresh
Collection based display
Trolley
Overall display dimensions variable
Presented by the Tate Americas Foundation, courtesy of Sue Stoffel 2021

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<p>In <i>Trolley</i>, De Monchaux uses a ladder and toolbox, objects associated with stereotypical male occupations. She ‘softens up’ these found objects by adding velvet upholstery. Her work often refers to the body. The contrast of soft, luxurious textiles with cold, hard surfaces also make sexual associations. She has called this ‘a metaphor for the dialogue between all those opposing sides of the human psyche … in your head all the time, as you struggle to appear to be a balanced human being’. </p>
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