It's not as Superficial as It Looks, 2019
Metal frame with suspended shapes. Metal wire and clips (silver coloured) Black card (with black core), highlights in clear varnish, white gesso, white gold (12.5 carat).
130 x 50 x 30 cm 51 1/8 x 19 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
The mobile is made of various white gold and black circles and squares with occasional white highlights. Unusually it is hung from the wall, rather than the middle of the room, shirking the desire to be centre of attention. In this position it catches the changing light and shadows throughout the day. Each element of the mobile has been hand cut with a scalpel and sanded to make smooth edges. Further, to make the most of what is available the black card has then been either left bare, varnished, gessoed and / or water gilded with white gold. The artist has taken card scraps from the studio and treated them as precious objects. This opens up questions about what we treasure and what we discard and uses the shadows as a transient extension of the piece, alluding to the hidden spirit that pushes us.
