cloud (detail)
title : cloud
year : 2007 / 2008
medium :polished stainless steel, 2000 razor blades, steel wire cables
scale : 1500mm x 500mm x 400mm
edition : one of
price : on request
collection : artist
“Cloud is the first work one encounters on entering Greg Streak’s solo exhibition entitled Accumulative Disintegration. It is perhaps a sign of things to come. Cloud consists of a stainless steel arc (1500 mm x 500mm) suspended in space by four steel wire cables – like a kite captured in mid-flight. The underbelly of the curved plate is tilted so as to face the viewer. Spotlights are aimed toward this surface to reveal 2000 razor blades that have been precisely inserted into the steel plate. The cool and precise aesthetic of the construction belies the menace it posits. One intuitively feels the pending threat of this hazardous surface as it hovers, guillotine-like, above one’s head. The reflective stainless steel is followed in space by a large, dark distended shadow that billows onto the roof of the gallery like a brooding zeppelin. Aren’t clouds supposed to have silver linings?” - Jose’ Ferreira
