MITCHELL F. CHAN
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Oil on linen, with elastic string and motors
60" x 120" (triptych)
2010

Originally Exhibited: Engine Gallery 2010

Coloured elastic strings spin in front of each panel of the triptych. As the string spins, it becomes a transparent helix. This transparency overlays itself on the oil painting. The strings are set in a harmonic frequency and thus, though spinning at a rapid pace, seem to be still, two-dimensional elements on the linen surface.

The colours of the strings and the paintings blend together, overcoming the space between them, through constant motion.