Rachel Rose
Loop (4.6 billion BC), 2022-24
Aragonite Archean epoch rock, blown glass
53.3 x 38.1 x 43.2 cm
21 x 15 x 17 in
21 x 15 x 17 in
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Loops is a series of hybridised sculptural forms comprised of rock and glass. Here, Rachel juxtaposes the ways in which these two materials form in drastically different ways, while also...
Loops is a series of hybridised sculptural forms comprised of rock and glass. Here, Rachel juxtaposes the ways in which these two materials form in drastically different ways, while also highlighting their connectedness. Hot blown glass takes shape and then sets instantaneously, while rocks form over thousands of years. Rock pulverises over time into sand, glass is composed solely of sand. The subtext of this convergence calls forth moments of radical shift, as though we are witnessing something in the state of 'becoming'. Just as the orb in Rachel’s film Enclosure portends a world balanced on the precipice on change, the Loops memorialise moments of transformation.
Exhibitions
2022: Enclosure, Pilar Corrias, London (08/03/22 - 14/04/22)2022: Enclosure, solo show, Pilar Corrias, London, UK (8 March - 16 April)