Gravity Series
Stratachrome sculptures · 2019
- ArtistDavid Spriggs
- Date2019
- DimensionsEach artwork: 81 × 20 × 84 cm
32 × 8 × 33 in - MaterialsAcrylic on layered plexiglass in an LED lit plexiglass display case
- SeriesDeveloped from the monumental installation Gravity
A luminous vortex circles an absent centre, giving gravitational force an image without giving it a solid body.
The Gravity Series develops the central form of Spriggs’ monumental installation Gravity as a group of autonomous sculptures. Painted trajectories gather around a dark axis, producing a body that appears to rotate, contract, and radiate simultaneously.
Gravity cannot be seen directly; it is known through its effects. These works construct a perceptual analogue for that invisible force. The form is inferred from the movement of its marks, while its centre remains an absence.
Field and body
The circular movement within the image is echoed by the movement required of the viewer. Walking around the sculpture reveals the interval between its planes and turns the apparent vortex into a sequence of separate images.
This exchange links physical orientation to visual understanding. The work is perceived neither as a single picture nor as a conventional object, but as a field whose coherence is continually produced by the moving body.
The series extends the perceptual structure of Spriggs’ large scale Gravity installation. Later chromatic variations include Red Gravity.