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JOSIAH MCELHENY, A Twilight Labyrinth (Distillation), 2020
JOSIAH MCELHENY, A Twilight Labyrinth (Distillation), 2020
JOSIAH MCELHENY, A Twilight Labyrinth (Distillation), 2020
JOSIAH MCELHENY, A Twilight Labyrinth (Distillation), 2020
JOSIAH MCELHENY, A Twilight Labyrinth (Distillation), 2020
JOSIAH MCELHENY, A Twilight Labyrinth (Distillation), 2020

A Twilight Labyrinth (Distillation), 2020

Handblown mirrored glass, transparent and low-iron industrial mirror, blue mirror, oak, blue dye and stain, electric lighting, hardware, architectural intervention made of sheet rock, metal studs, plaster and latex paint
24 x 31 1/2 x 24 in
61 x 80 x 61 cm
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'A Twilight Labyrinth (Distillation)' is an architectural installation built to display a framed trompe-l’oeil “painting.” This 'painting' depicts a nocturnal still life of a labyrinthine and infinitely mirrored space, inhabited...
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"A Twilight Labyrinth (Distillation)" is an architectural installation built to display a framed trompe-l’oeil “painting.” This "painting" depicts a nocturnal still life of a labyrinthine and infinitely mirrored space, inhabited by a veritable alchemical pharmacy of mercury-like, mirrored, stopper bottles and jars. The work’s title suggests the ways in which reality begins to shift at twilight, and the illusion generated by the architectural intervention speaks to the ultimate malleability of perception.

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