I WILL TAKE THE RISK - collective exhibition, AZAN, Lisbon (2020)

» The Centre Cannot Hold (II)
2019, floral foam, light fitting, magazine, plastic cup, polystyrene, plastic laminate, wood panel
90 x 15 x 21 cm  

​the centre cannot hold (ii)

​The Centre Cannot Hold (II) explores the materiality of disposable and mass-produced materials as a structural framing possibility for an image, revealing its illusive qualities as a representation of reality.

The light is inexpensive and shows its wires, and the work is positioned to face away from us, creating its own space that must be entered to view it. Using mirror veneer, a cheap material that reveals insubstantiality when you get close to it, the work itself is also very light, evoking a sensation of a package holiday that doesn't live up to its promise.  The selected cut of the images chosen comment on the curated instagram feed as an incomplete story. 

The title of the work refers to W.B.Yeats poem 'The Second Coming', in particular making reference to the widening gyre - a circular motion /  repetition.

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