Wine 1969

Editor: This is Tim Scott's large sculpture, "Wine," from the Tate collection, constructed with painted steel. The shapes and colors are jarring, almost discordant. What symbolic readings do you find in this piece? Curator: The title "Wine" immediately connects us to ritual and celebration. Notice the purple and smoky steel—these colors evoke grapes, fermentation. Editor: I see that! The steel lines could represent vines. Curator: Exactly! Scott uses industrial materials to suggest something ancient. These forms echo not only the literal vines, but also the complex emotional weight carried through generations of harvest, feasting, and perhaps even sacrifice. It makes you wonder, doesn't it? Editor: Absolutely! It's like Scott's speaking to both the modern and the archaic. Curator: Precisely. It's a powerful reminder of how images and objects carry cultural memory.