Glass Ceiling

2020–

Archival pigment inks on Hahnemühle photo rag
walnut frame, museum glass
950mmH x 680mmW
limited edition

Series: Interior Frames

Drawing the viewer inside the frame, the archival photograph Glass Ceiling reveals an undulating field pulsing with imagination, emotion and tension. Beneath the neo-classical arches of a towering Silo, a crystalline pool of aquamarine glass evokes a broken metaphor and a sublime scene fortified by castle-thick walls. The once-was glass ceiling is smashed and silo-ed: set apart and isolated, prised open for inspection.

The juxtaposition of title and image shifts the focus from an invisible obstacle above to the now palpable sum of its parts. In a visual paradox of light, transparency and darkness, the internal operating system is grounded and exposed.

Like the arches of an ancient Roman Forum, Glass Ceiling frames space for discussion and the exchange of ideas; equally a beautiful sensory space for meditation and healing, and a salient reminder of the forces of gravity and unbridled power. Depicting an industrial scale monument, the evocative scene is a memorial to the past and the foundation for a future with higher goals.