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Reconstructions Links The work celebrates the endless play of ideas that never rests on
one particular word. The 'halo' of words has an empty centre, suggesting that
there is no idea
or word that is the essence of language and art. The work contains endless textual
reconstructions and references, allusions to ways in which the world is described. This work and many others of his, uses a method connecting two sheets of sandblasted mirror with flourescent lights behind them. Whatever has been sandblasted into the mirror, will allow light to shine through the shapes and be reflected in the mirror on its opposite side. Thus creating an interior 'virtual' space. The technique is a wonderful marriage of 3D image rendering in a physical space. Truly beautiful results. Rademeyer explains that his intention with this work is that it should challenge ideas about objectivity, subjectivity and the meaning of representation: "the common notion that art mirrors the world; that it is merely a passive agent of representation". I'm not so sure that this is a commonly held notion these days. But nonetheless, he has produced an exquisitely rendered and thought-provoking piece that is endlessly open to interpretation. The work resonates with ideas surrounding theories of visual representation, and on top of that (and not unimportantly in the view of this writer) is absolutely, exquisitely beautiful. Every viewer takes an entirely different route through the text. And this route, of course, has no beginning or end.[source] Submitted
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