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The possible meanings and conotations of "mass". 1993 – ongoing.

Data
1 stycznia 1993
Mass II mixed media on cardboard 60 x 73cm, 2012.

The possible meanings and conotations of “mass”.

(Noun) 1. A large body of matter with no definite shape, 2. Any of the main portions in a painting or drawing that each have some unity in colour, lighting, or some other quality, 3. A large number of people or objects crowded together, 4. A large amount of material, 5. (masses) A large quantity or amount of something, 6.(the masses) the majority of, 7. (the masses) The ordinary people, 8. Physics mass noun The quantity of matter which a body contains, as measured by its acceleration under a given force or by the force exerted on it by a gravitational field, 9. (in general use) weight, (Adjective) attributive Involving or affecting large numbers of people or things. (Verb) Assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass,. (Phrases) 1. Be completely covered with, ‘his face was a mass of bruises’ . 2. As a body, ‘men advancing in mass’ . 3. As a whole, ‘her affection for humanity in the mass’. “Mass” (Noun) The celebration of the Christian Eucharist, especially in the Roman Catholic Church. ‘we went to Mass’.

Galeria

Mass-3D IV Water soluble pencil on Card, 85 x 107cm, 2022 The latest in this ongoing series, to be viewed both with and without chromatic 3D glasses, without references the large mass of multicoloured plastic objects and their remnants piled in inumerable locations around the planet ready for landfill. With the glasses, due to their separation of the colour frequencies which acts in a similar way to which colour changes and eventually disappears in the oceans as depth increases( Red goes first followed by Orange, Yellow Green,Blue, leaving the Blackness of the ocean trenches where light cannot reach naturally) allows the viewer to experience something resembling the view of a diver looking down through the many pieces of plastic that can be found floating just below the surface everywhere.
Mass I mixed media on cardboard 60 x 73cm. 2012.
Mass Drawing pen & Ink on paper, 2016
Mass Drawing pen & Ink on paper, 2016
Mass Drawing pen & Ink on paper, 2016
Mass Drawing pen on paper
Mass Drawing pen on paper
Mass Drawing pen on paper, 2016
Mass Drawing pen on paper, 2016
Mass Drawing pen on paper
Mass Drawing pen on paper
Mass Drawing pen on paper
Mass Drawing pen on paper, 2016
Mass Drawing pen on paper, 2016
Mass Drawing pen on paper, 1993
Mass Drawing pen on paper, 1993
Mass-3D Ink on paper, 19x 27cm, 1993 Originally an idea for a stained glass window, the discovery of 3D chromatic glasses inspired later works referencing plastic waste especially that in landfills & floating in our oceans,
Mass-3D I Ink on Paper
Mass-3D II Ink on Paper