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SIMON HITCHENS
Simon Hitchens
Hackbridge Noontide, 2023Cast iron16 x 10 x 59 cmEdition of 9 + 2APCopyright The ArtistThe twelve sculptures are casts of the midday shadows from each of the twelve geological time periods, directly indexed to each drawing and quite literally making the fourth dimension, three-dimensional....The twelve sculptures are casts of the midday shadows from each of the twelve geological time periods, directly indexed to each drawing and quite literally making the fourth dimension, three-dimensional. Made from carbon, wax and Crystacal, they give form to the negative, liminal space of shadows. They accurately record the haptic qualities of the Earth’s geology at a specific time and location, linking us to the past through the present and connecting us to something larger than ourselves.
