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Old Money Bags

Bruce Lacey, 1964

Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
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Robotic character mixed-media assemblage, which moves in reaction to the viewer's/participant's voice. Described by the artist as 'the spectacle of mass-consumption turned into a fully-functioning robot dictator made out of his own discarded products, simultaneously hilarious and terrifying'.

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Title of artwork, date

Old Money Bags, 1964

Date supported

2003

Medium and material

Wood & metal & papier-mache & electronics

Dimensions

167.5 x 91.5 x 46 cm

Grant

4000

Total cost

14500

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