Installation (T5 fluorescent sticklights, extension cables)
Variable dimensions, this image shows 250cm approx. diameter x 40cm (H)
2013
The fluorescent sticklight, a key material in West's new installations,
is perhaps one of the most effective visual spatial devices. Aside from
its obvious exuberant colours, its most striking feature is its stripped
back materiality. West has modified each sticklight with a particular
colour. This colour palette is reminiscent of the neon lights that were
so prominent in the 1960s coinciding with the emergence of installation
art. Through methodically mixing each tube in relationship to each
other, West cultivates our perceptions, drawing on Albers practice based
theory that colour can only be truly understood in relation to other
colours and, crucially, our own knowledge of the colour spectrum. The
raw exuberance of the sticklights becomes a catalyst to trigger a
response: the viewer is needed to activate the work.
- Jack Welsh, 2013
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| Image Credit: Stephen Iles |
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| Image Credit: Stephen Iles |
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| Image Credit: Stephen Iles |
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| Image Credit: Stephen Iles |
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