This intriguing conjunction of assemblage and reductive abstract art is also the essence of a previous work, Diversion, a wall sculpture composed of half-a-dozen ancient worn and corroded rabbit traps in a straight linear arrangement, their bait plates painted in simple combinations of blue and red forming a progressive geometric pattern across the work, like a sequence of signal flags.
diversion 2013
The red and blue together create a colour vibration that animates the rusted metal contraptions, giving Diversion an almost kinetic quality; this suggestion of movement amplifies the tension already generated by the sinister nature of the traps, which yawn open as if poised to be sprung.