Angela Bulloch Heavy Metal Stack of Six: Red, Gold & Blue, 2023
Stainless steel, paint
309 x 80 x 50 cm (overall)
1 x 98 x 98 cm (baseplate)
Heavy Metal Stack of Six: Red, Gold & Blue is from a series of sculptures—assembled from modular shapes—that combine Angel Bulloch's interest in the logic of geometry and seriality with graphic and sculptural qualities. The surface of the vertically assembled rhomboid shapes, painted in three colors, creates an optical illusion of pushing and pulling planes, giving the work an almost abstract quality, shifting between two and three dimensions. The appearance of the sculpture shifts according to one’s point of view: from one side the irregular aspect catches the eye, while from another the impression of a certain totemic regularity prevails.