97 x 68 x ½ inches | 3 pieces of polished brass | 2012
Shiny Lily Swoosh is a segmented wall relief in gleaming yellow metal forming a large arabesque S-curve. Graphically composed of hundreds of cutout shapes, the unified silhouette is formed through a jumbled mixture of calla lily formations. Culled from earlier hand-cut paper artworks, these various organic-looking flower formations are conglomerated into a unified whole.
The overall cutout silhouette is achieved by acid-etching brass sheet. The acid on metal becomes the cutting vehicle the way a knife is used to cut paper. This process allows the acid to fully dissolve the thousands of unwanted negative spaces, delineating the myriad interlocking forms. The finished piece hovers one half inch from the wall surface. Shiny Lily Swoosh glorifies the fetishized object — the obsession with process and form.