"A Shallow Flight of Stairs" - Robin Peck (2007)as seen from installation view at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
photography: Scott Massey
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This is my original exhibition proposal:
ReplyDeleteRobin Peck
CAG Vancouver 2007
A Shallow Flight of Stairs
The incrementally stepped sculpture is constructed from the eight standard sizes of transparent colorless Plexiglas® sheets. These are placed flat on the concrete floor longitudinally abutting one another to form eight steps in a shallow gradient from thinnest to thickest as viewed from the gallery entrance (left to right below):
4x8 ftx1/16 in., 4x 8ft.x 1/8 in., 4 x 8 ft. x 3/16 in., 4x8ft.x ¼ in., 4x8ft.x 3/8 in., 4x8ft.x ½ in., 4x8ft.x ¾ in., 4x8ft.x 1in.
The sculpture is approximately 8 ft. wide (see shift to the right, below), with a maximum run (length) of 32 ft. and a maximum rise (height) of one inch. Each sheet is shifted to the right (viewed from the gallery entrance) by an amount equal to its individual rise. The sculpture is positioned off-center and approximately parallel to the longest wall of the 26 x 40 ft. (floor area) gallery. This allows 4 ft. between the sculpture and the gallery entrance, 4 ft. between the sculpture and the rear wall, approx. 8 ft. between the sculpture and the right side wall (viewed from the gallery entrance) and approx. 10 ft. between the sculpture and the left side wall. Plexiglas® sheet is reflective as well as transparent. The sculpture contains the illusion of depth, mirroring the 19.5 ft. height of the ceiling. The amount of reflection varies with the thickness of the Plexiglas®.
Sincerely, Robin Peck
My sculpture A Shallow Flight of Stairs was exhibited again at The Vancouver Art Gallery as part of their exhibition Enacting Abstraction in February-March 2009.
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