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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ian Howard RSA, Pendulum

Ian Howard RSA

Pendulum
Mixed media on wood
100 x 140 cm
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Measurement and repetition are at the core of this visually complex work. The composition is bisected by a pendulum, a device typically found in a clock to regulate movement. To...
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Measurement and repetition are at the core of this visually complex work. The composition is bisected by a pendulum, a device typically found in a clock to regulate movement. To its left a different pendulum hangs from a cross in the sky, designed by the physicist, Leon Foucault. This one marks the rotation of the earth on the black disc below.
The background is a mash of medieval landscapes with direct reference to paintings by Piero della Francesca, Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Breughel the Elder.

Framed in a light wood box frame and glazed.
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