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G2-11 The Illusion of Logic
G2-11 The Illusion of Logic
2017
Brian Clarke’s stained glass screen The Illusion of Logic presents a series of white binary digits set against a blue and pink background. The work was originally titled 'Leipzig,' referencing the home city of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who refined the binary code. In the 2020 catalogue Brian Clarke: The Art of Light, Paul Greenhalgh describes the piece as “an exemplar of beautiful waywardness.” He 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."
This folding screen was produced with an innovative technique that eliminates the lead cames traditionally used to support and join stained glass, allowing the glass to interact freely with light and space. The Illusion of Logic exists in an edition of 10 unique variants plus 3 artist’s proofs, published by HENI.