Eight Ball is available in two variations: cadmium base and deep carmine.
About Eight Ball
I drew Eight ball after a long summer break in the Catalan region of Spain, I guess it was my third or fourth visit to the country, and of course I couldn’t help but revisit the Miro Foundation in Barcelona while I was there.
Some part of that trip, and the extraordinary mercurial Calder fountain exhibited there, no doubt found it’s way into this study, which uses a more overt 3d space to hang loosely described elements alongside a series of almost calligraphic black marks.
By pure chance the image threw up a figurative 8 near its centre, which seemed redolent of the numbers used on pool balls, so in many ways I think the work named itself Eight Ball.
I made the silver base version with the blues and coppers first, followed by a more chromatic deep red study.
My kid's strongest memory of the trip is of a video piece, looped on repeat, in which a man plays a grand piano outdoors, striking the keys with his clenched fists, whilst a woman, standing on top of the piano, throws broad beans at him from a wicker basket.
It remains unclear what the exact intent of the piece is, but it seemed a beautiful response to Miro's completely unique way of working.
Eight Ball in situ
Price and dimensions
Eight Ball / deep carmine is a metallic Lambda photographic print, optionally mounted to Plexiglass and Dibond, and fitted with a hidden subframe, ready to install.
Work can be supplied unmounted and ready to frame if you’d prefer.
The work is individually signed and numbered verso, with both a unique catalogue raisonné number and the edition number for guaranteed authenticity.
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From an edition of 8
Image size ⋅ 80cm H x 200cm W
Artwork only, ready to frame ⋅ £3,200
Mounted behind Plexiglass and fitted with a hidden subframe ⋅ £3,800
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Dimensions and framing specs can be varied on request, to suit your space.
Please do get in touch here if you’d like to discuss possibilities ⟶
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