Cloud

2008

nappies, stainless steel staples, white-out on board
3 panels
1.2H x 7.2mW x 18mmD

Series: Nappy Work

Suggesting the poetry of minimalism and the rhythm of monochromatic painting, Cloud stretches out, tactile and taut, a 'painting to walk alongside'. Combined with the absorbent substrate and woven form, the title Cloud creates compound meanings that arise in the noun - a condensed white patterned form made of air, able to hold water; the verb - opaque, hidden, ambiguous, troubled, lofty; and the Māori name first given to the islands known as New Zealand – Aotearoa, the beautiful land of the long white cloud.