Golden Forest

An anamorphic work, from the series of works of “Crystallised Rainbows”.

This work was created specifically for an exhibition held in the “Spazio Thetis” in Venice, entitled “My Venetian Gold”.

As the viewer passes or walks around the -work/sculpture/screen/forest/rainbow/window- different geometric forms reveal themselves in a continuing metamorphoses of crystallised definitive forms ( at the four angles of 45°) that visually dissolve into a rhythmic but indefinite, almost chaotic, confusion ( at 90° ) which gradually reforms again into a contrasting geometric form as the viewer continues passing by.

The “Golden Forest is composed of a sequence of multicoloured rhomboidal tubes created out of carved coloured fluorescent acrylic sheet. The outer surfaces of each face have been rolled with silver and gold paints. The tubes are held, mounted top and bottom, on clear transparent acrylic comb structures, while in the centre seems to float, suspended, an echoing geometric ring. The whole is held firm in a rectangular frame of welded stainless steel.
 

The sculpture may either be mounted on either a floor based stainless steel framework ( the floor base is of square form on the diagonal to the axis of the sculpture (as in these photos), or it may be suspended from a ceiling.

Dimensions of the work itself ;   L 136cm , H 85cm , D 6.3cm   =    L 53 1/2” , H 33 1/2” , D 2 1/2”

Work frame description ; welded & brushed stainless-steel square tube 1.5 x 1.5cm  =  5/8 x 5/8” ((0.63 x 0.63”)).

The tubes that form the two vertical ends of the frame are open to provide the opportunity to mount and present the sculpture in differing manners depending on the possibilities presented by the location, so it may be either free-standing or suspended.

Floor mounting structure description ;

Base at floor ; welded & brushed stainless-steel square tube 3 x 3cm  =  1 3/16 x 1 3/16” ((0.8 x 0.8”).

To which attach two legs.

Legs ; two round stainless steel tubes 107cm  =  42” tall.