Relying Upon Certainty.... (B47)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Alec Peever
Title
Relying Upon Certainty....
Made in
Oxfordshire
Date
1993
Description
Text reads:
RELYING
UPON CERTAINTY
AT THE OUTSET
BUT TRUSTING THE
PERFORMANCE TO CHANCE
RELYING
UPON CERTAINTY
AT THE OUTSET
BUT TRUSTING THE
PERFORMANCE TO CHANCE
Materials and techniques
Incised, riven Welsh slate, hand-cut lettering using hammer and chisel.
Dimensions
length: 70cm
width: 50cm
Object number
B47
Category
Maker's statement
Working as I do almost entirely by commission, I lack enthusiasm for works of lettering which do not go beyond the merely representational. I find it difficult, for instance to enjoy works using letters that do not transcend the purely informational, blandly literal or simply visual. This piece is an attempt to comment upon the dilemma of the maker in trying to retain the spirit of the work alongside careful and exacting craft methods. I believe that this piece not only speaks of this dilemma, but is manifestly demonstrating the dilemma itself. Exhibited in Visions and Revisions, Collection touring exhibition, closed 1998.