British Sculpture in the 21st Century

Alastair Noble: Blake Illuminated Maquette

Alastair Noble: Blake Illuminated

Alastair Noble

Blake Illuminated

2001

stainless steel
46 x 23 x 15 cm
edition of 9

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This sculpture has the form of an open book. Words, or phrases are represented by rectangular voids in the page - giving the work visual rhythm, parallel with the pace and metre of prose or poetry. These details represent real texts - in this case the writing of William Blake. The notion of illumination is a play on the word - illustration or the admission of light into the composition