81. MICHAEL CRAIG-MARTIN: A SPACE BETWEEN WITHIN AND WITHOUT.

Michael Craig-Martin, Royal Academy of Arts, London.

Michael Craig-Martin, Untitled (Black), 1989, Venitian Blinds.

A shadow square hovers -

beneath four pails - each holding a fullness still - as ropes taught - dart up to suspend a stage in silence.

As an abandoned accordion paused - its concertina left open - a box that never closes.

Graphed papers tessellate until a line is met - a frame of white - a boundary fort.

A tilted shelf - where 15 glass bottles lean - their multiple water lines form a single horizon -

An imagined ringing range of notes - to tap such bottles all in a row - as a xylophone made from what was there - what was saved.

As like Alice, beneath a glass table - looking up into the half-full. A shadow self - a cast illusion of a half-empty.

Untitled black, white and red blinds are pulled to close - but a window between is permanently open -

- As to view from within and not from without.

Michael Craig-Martin, Untitled (White), 1989, Venitian Blinds.

Michael Craig-Martin, Royal Academy of Arts, London. Until 10 December 2024.

Thank you Elena Davidson.