Brian Clarke’s The Illusion of Logic, a stained glass folding screen, is described by Paul Greenhalgh as ‘an exemplar of beautiful waywardness’ (Paul Greenhalgh in Brian Clarke: The Art of Light, 2020).

The screen was originally titled ‘Leipzig’, in reference to the home of philosopher and scientist Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz who refined binary code. Greenhalgh continues:

‘Here, zeros and ones run down the panels in white, leaving intangible pink shadows on the atmosphere. Following the outlook of Leibniz himself, the rational grid of numbers doesn’t seek to control nature or dictate its shape. Rather, it is to do with the fusion of organic and artificial phenomena, with the interruption of a natural universe by a mathematical one. The background is a swirling storm of line and cloud, of folding blues, pinks and reds.’

The Illusion of Logic exists in an edition of 10 unique variants plus 3 artist's proofs, published by HENI. This artwork was produced with a technique devoid of lead cames, allowing it to freely interact with its surroundings.