Artist and writer living in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, UK.
Gnomon
2010
40 X 80 x 40 cm (approx.)
PVC Tubing, Acrylic Paint, Enamel paint, MDF, Aluminium sheet, Aluminium Rod, Galvanised Fixings.
The fourth work shown in the grounds of Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire, is a version of the NASA apparatus used on the Moon (Apollo 17) to help calibrate photographs of the landscape and rock samples. The vertical section measures scale and tonality, whilst the colour bar enables the viewer to discern various hues within the landscape. Placed next to a piece of found stonework which is the bulk of a carved Pineapple, (which appears somewhat alien being so different in scale to the carved Pineapples which adorn the Orangery building,) the work references NASA photographs from Lunar missions.
Project supported by; The National Trust - Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire Contemporary Art, PITT and Samantha Johnson.
