Hepworth | Single Form: A Perforated Standing Slab

A bronze thin plate, approximately 6.4 meters high, stands vertically. Its outline is an asymmetrical oval, and its surface is slightly curved as if blown by wind, with a circular hole near the top, off-center. The entire work has no details or ornamentation; all its expressiveness is concentrated in the curvature of the outline, the variation in plate thickness, and the position of that single hole. The bronze surface has a directional texture from hand-polishing, oxidized to a deep brown. The work stands in the center of a circular shallow pool, its reflection doubling the outline. Surrounding it are modernist glass curtain wall buildings and an open plaza. Photograph from the front in soft light, with the outline and its reflection symmetrical. Avoid: adding details and patterns, placing the hole exactly in the center, highly polished surface, removing the pool and reflection.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一片高約六點四公尺的青銅薄板垂直立起,輪廓為不對稱的橢圓,表面微微彎曲如被風吹過的葉,靠近頂端偏一側處穿著一個圓孔。整件作品沒有任何細節或裝飾,全部的表現力集中在輪廓的曲率、板的厚薄變化與那一個孔的位置。青銅表面帶著手工打磨的方向性紋理,氧化成深褐。作品立在一片圓形的淺水池中央,倒影加倍了輪廓。周圍為現代主義的玻璃帷幕大樓與開闊的廣場。柔和的光線下正面拍攝,輪廓與倒影對稱。避免:加入細節與紋樣、孔洞置於正中央、表面高度拋光、拿掉水池與倒影。