meta door #1, 2001

CNC cut marine plywood, pencil, 330 x 210cm overall

Although perspective may no longer be the dominant method for pictorial representation in
Western art the idea of the picture window (frame) is still prevalent. This notion of the
‘window’ positions the viewer in a quasi-domestic space detached from the ‘scene’ and gives
priority to vision as a singular experience.

Gallery view, Museum of Brisbane, 2001.

In Eastern art and particularly in Islamic architectural art the single point of view with its
isolation of vision has not developed and the relationship of the viewer to the artwork is quite
different. With this work the person in the gallery ceases to be a ‘viewer’ and belongs in the
same space as the work. However, the concept of the door invites the participant to move to a
metaphysical space beyond.

Detail

This work evolved from a year spend in Malaysia and although the work, like others in the
exhibition, explores space and geometry the inherent convention of the ‘picture’ is challenged.
The work originated in a computer and was cut from disk using a high-pressure water jet.

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