ETERNITY

Is there life after death?

Eternity, 2007 & 2026
Onyx and cow dung
Unique work (a pair)
D15 x Dia80cm (each)
© Mark Humphrey

“ETERNITY USES THE ETERNITY RING, A SYMBOL OF EVERLASTING LOVE, INFINITE COMMITMENT AND THE CIRCLE OF LIFE. A PAIR OF LUMINOUS ONYX CIRCLES TOUCH, GLOWING FROM WITHIN A VAST FIELD OF COW DUNG, PLACING OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH PERMANENCE AND PRECIOUSNESS WITHIN SOMETHING ASSOCIATED WITH DECAY, WASTE AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT ETERNITY ITSELF IS FALSE.

THE ILLUMINATED RINGS BECOME SYMBOLS OF BELIEF AND HOPE, WHILE THEIR SPLIT FORM AND SURROUNDINGS CHALLENGE THAT BELIEF. THEIR FLICKERING LIGHT MOVES BETWEEN ILLUMINATION AND DARKNESS, OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM, FAITH AND DOUBT. ETERNITY HOLDS THESE CONTRADICTIONS TOGETHER – THE PROMISE OF FOREVER AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY THAT EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY ENDS.”

Mark Humphrey