CHRIS MANSELL
SOME POETIC OBJECTS
A U S T R A L I A N P O E T
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Spikies are an experiment with grammar - the movement of the pieces having a different relation to each other as manipulated by the handler. There are no words to articulate their relationship to each other for example, prepositions, relative pronouns.
Boxes come contain collections of poem-like things: folded poems, booklets, poem cards folded, small painted words, printed slides...
Bossy comes in many forms - single painted words, fragmented words. It is part of a series called Words for Girls.
Fragmented words in smashed glass
nice is a series of nine tapestries all showing the carefully pink single viperish word. It is part of a series called Words for Girls. (which also includes Bossy in various forms).
There are many other works in various forms, for example Wirds Mainly Hinges, and others below:
