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Three Days of Wind (right)

Drawing
1982 (made)
Artist/Maker

Ackling's drawings are records of process and the passage of time. He draws by focusing the sun's rays through a magnifying glass, burning lines on pieces of found wood or card. Each line is made of separate black dots - tiny images of the sun. When clouds pass overhead no mark is made, hence the breaks in the lines.


Object details

Object type
Titles
  • Three Days of Wind (right)
  • Three days of wind
Brief description
Roger Ackling: Three Days of Wind (3 part drawing), 1982. Sunlight and pencil on card.
Summary
Ackling's drawings are records of process and the passage of time. He draws by focusing the sun's rays through a magnifying glass, burning lines on pieces of found wood or card. Each line is made of separate black dots - tiny images of the sun. When clouds pass overhead no mark is made, hence the breaks in the lines.
Collection
Accession number
E.250-1987

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Record createdJuly 27, 2000
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