20.6.07

Spine Series # 9


Another in the spine series of hanging sculptures, made of clay, steel, rubber, wax and pigment, which emerged from musings on biology and culture. This thing could represent a polypeptide chain, or the gene for left-handedness, or a genetically engineered organism designed to ingest toxic waste. I acknowledge that it is no more accurate than those models of atoms which were used to teach us about atoms. The point, if there is one, is that it suggests the hidden small details of life, whether natural or not. It springs and spins in unpredictable ways when messed with.

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