Equation, 1989

KEN UNSWORTH
Equation, 1989
Sandstone and bronze
137 x 550 x 390 cm

AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Artist Ken Unsworth, title Equation 1989. This artwork by Ken Unsworth, title Equation, displays the kind of unexpected juxtaposition of elements that mark much of Unsworth’s work. The physical components of Equation combine three solid sandstone cubes and four circular bronze rings. Three of the bronze rings pass through the adjoining faces of the two stones, forming like a circuit of connections. The fourth ring links only one stone and the perimeter space, forming an open-ended extension of that arrangement. This infinite extensibility is metaphorical only. The physical finiteness of the sculpture closes with the last bronze ring resting on the ground, as if part of an unfinished proposition, or forming the coda to a mathematical exercise.