Currency

Illuminations: Museum Shelf
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  • Robin Clark
  • Illuminations: Museum Shelf
  • 2024
  • Currency Ink, Translucent Alabaster, Plexiglas, cob lights, Baltic Birch - #28 (Small Flag Right), #11 (Nose), #14 (House), #23 ( Lily Leaves), #30 (Swirl), #22 (Star) , #31 (Finestra), Double Blank, #21 (B), #6 (Urn), #8 (Ear), #26 (Chair), #4 (Trust) , #13 (Car) -//- #32 (Splash) , #15 (Tender Private), #10 ( Flag Left), #29 ( Hamilton Mask), #16 (Shield) , #12 (No), #19 ( Flag Right), #7 (Two Branches), #9 (Torch), #17 (Eye), #27(Big Oval), #25 (Street Corner), #18 (Columns), #2 (Eagle)
  • 142” x 5” x Height Varies

  • Context

    The “Museum Long Shelf” is one possible variation of 5. This is the longest possible shelf and comprises all of the framed pieces created for Illuminations. This is “Illuminations”.

    The numbered order of the frames on each shelf can be altered but frames sitting on the top of the shelf cannot be swapped out for frames hanging from the bottom or vice versa. Changing the order will compromise the alignment of the pieces complicate the wiring connections inside the shelf.

    Top Shelf – #28 (Small Flag Right), #11 (Nose), #14 (House), #23 ( Lily Leaves), #30 (Swirl), #22 (Star) , #31 (Finestra), Double Blank, #21 (B), #6 (Urn), #8 (Ear), #26 (Chair), #4 (Trust) , #13 (Car)
    Bottom – #32 (Splash) , #15 (Tender Private), #10 ( Flag Left), #29 ( Hamilton Mask), #16 (Shield) , #12 (No), #19 ( Flag Right), #7 (Two Branches), #9 (Torch), #17 (Eye), #27(Big Oval), #25 (Street Corner), #18 (Columns), #2 (Eagle)

    Illuminations; Commissioned by Davis and Louise Reimer, is a series of 30 Translucent Alabaster plates floated and illuminated in Plexiglass frames. Symbols from United States Currency drawn with green Currency ink on one side of the plate, interact with line figures drawn with black currency ink on the reverse side of the alabaster creating a ghostly poetic relationship.