Spacecraft

An elongated mass, lying flat, sheathed in a crust of silver paint with a crumpled relief. Beneath the coating the silhouette stays branch-like: fine ramifications at one end, a denser section bristling with short spurs at the other. The red lacquered steel-wire stand holds it in suspension, roughly eighty-nine centimetres in all. The piece steps away from the usual gesture: the material is wrapped rather than hollowed, the object lies horizontal, and the taut base speaks the language of modernist furniture. A hull hovering in place, or a branch caught under frost; the title leaves both readings open.

Side view of the long silvered wood lying flat on a glossy red shelf, its row of stubs turned upward, the right end running out of frame, two dark blue painted panels behind

Closer framing of the silver-painted surface, its upright stubs and folds, above the crossed red rods of the base

Closer framing on the upper part, the long silvered branch arching over a dark hollow, reddish bark showing under the paint, the join between two speckled blue canvases behind

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Possible readings

The steel wire and silvered shell look toward mid-century design, Bertoia first among them. The material is coated here, transformed without being negated: a path between the chthonic outsider register and an almost pop elegance.