Zenith
Permanent spatial artwork · 2020
- ArtistDavid Spriggs
- Date2020
- Dimensions381 × 185 × 185 cm
150 × 73 × 73 in - MaterialsAcrylic on layered plexiglass in an LED lit plexiglass display case
- LocationGeorge Street Public Room, Queen’s Marque, Halifax, Canada
- CommissionThe Armour Group
A form emerges at the threshold of breaking apart.
In Zenith, a rising form gathers definition as its boundaries disperse. White evokes a wave splashing upward and the force of a form breaking apart. Formation and dissolution appear simultaneously: a sculpture on the edge of being.
Its large scale gives the form an imposing presence. Standing before it, the viewer feels the tension between its apparent force and its stillness. A fleeting moment of transformation becomes something that can be experienced in the round.
The title suggests a highest point within this process of becoming. The wave offers a way to think about this process: a recognisable form sustained by continual change. Zenith is permanently installed at Queen’s Marque on the Halifax waterfront.
Photography by Irina Barinova.
