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
Painted trajectories suggest an invisible force drawing matter together.
The Gravity Series brings the central formation of Spriggs’ monumental Gravity installation into a group of individual sculptures. A luminous vortex circles a central void, its curved paths suggesting the pull through which dispersed matter begins to form a body. Gravity is known through what it does. These works offer an image of that relationship between an unseen force and the shape it gives to the visible world. Their apparent rotation is held in stillness, allowing attention to follow the trajectories around the opening and through the depth of the form. At this smaller scale, the vortex becomes an intimate encounter with a process that can also be imagined cosmically. Each sculpture is hand painted and unique, giving the recurring subject a distinct presence. The series holds movement, formation and dispersal in relation, suggesting that coherence can be a temporary state within continuing change. Later chromatic variations include Red Gravity.
