This recent show of Rana Begum‘s at Kate MacGarry deals with space and light using her trademark abstract minimalism.
Begum uses the slanting structure of vents as her point of exploration. These sculptures look so light and delicate, the colour tints moving from pale to strong as they approach the ground.
Can you believe that the slats in this piece below are made of only one material?
The colour changes are due to the angle the light hits the steel, nothing else.
I enjoy the machine-made precision and construction of this work, so very different from my own hand-made aesthetic.
That accuracy and sense of perfection is hard-won; the result of many hours of research and experimentation by her and her team.
Look at this combination of metal and stone. Both solid materials yet with such lightness and delicacy.
