C.C.R. by Colin Greenly

1964, white 3/4 inch acrylic plastic. H. 48 inches, W. 32 1/4 inches, D. 9 1/8 inches.Permanent collection: Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa.

One of only two acrylic pieces using the thickest acrylic sheet available to increase the scale from that of previous three dimensional works. (Consistent width of thick panels is difficult or impossible to maintain - ideally I would have liked to use material at least 2 to 6 inches in thickness for works in a much larger scale) As in earlier pieces the semi-translucent white panels both absorb and reflect light. Panels are spaced apart to allow changes of natural light to penetrate the work and to accentuate the panels' ability to fracture white light, thus introducing change through subtle color variations. My interest in translating the philosophical concept of change into a sculptural visual metaphor is represented further, as in earlier works, by the shapes chosen for the individual panels which reflect those energies in nature which are perceived as universal, as in the interaction of liquids and solids.