{"id":8844,"date":"2024-05-09T09:07:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T09:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/?p=8844"},"modified":"2024-05-09T17:20:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:20:04","slug":"spheres-in-a-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/spheres-in-a-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"Spheres in a mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/mirror-spheres-P1007530-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/mirror-spheres-P1007530-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/mirror-spheres-P1007530-2-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/mirror-spheres-P1007530-2-768x621.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spheres in a mirror<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mirror, wood, acrylic    29x29x6cm    May 2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A sculptural work composed of coloured hemispheres reflected in a mirror to create the illusion of complete spheres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mirror is a front coated mirror so that there is no gap between the hemispheres resting on the surface of the mirror and the reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sculpture includes one complete sphere that creates the effect of a pair of spheres when reflected. This sphere is there for compositional purposes, but it fortuitously helps to emphasise the nature of the reflections of the hemispheres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This work can be wall mounted or can be displayed horizontally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/mirror-spheres-P1007525.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/mirror-spheres-P1007525.jpg 900w, https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/mirror-spheres-P1007525-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/mirror-spheres-P1007525-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/mirror-spheres-P1007522.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/mirror-spheres-P1007522.jpg 900w, https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/mirror-spheres-P1007522-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/mirror-spheres-P1007522-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The work explores the themes of mirrors, reflections and illusions that have featured  recurrently in my work over the decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spheres in a mirror Mirror, wood, acrylic 29x29x6cm May 2024 A sculptural work composed of coloured hemispheres reflected in a mirror to create the illusion of complete spheres. The mirror is a front coated mirror so that there is no gap between the hemispheres resting on the surface of the mirror and the reflection. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8,16],"tags":[52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8844"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8857,"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8844\/revisions\/8857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}