Roger Murray | Inflection point: {Suite} Wellington

In Roger Murray's latest series 'Inflection Point' elemental forces take sculptural form. Rendered in wood - with elements of brass, steel, and lacquer woven into their structure - the intricate forms transmute materials of the natural world into symbols of sublime interconnectedness. Beginning as simple geometries, the sculptures grow into complex configurations which intersect, entwine, and oscillate together, meditating on the unseen forces that hold our world together and pull it apart. 

References to division and transformation are evident in both the patterns and shapes of these works, recalling processes of mitosis and metamorphosis which have both scientific and religious connotations. The result is a balancing act between enlightenment and spirituality; a convergence between biology, physics, ritual, and belief that gives rise to an inflection point of change. 

The point of inflection is unstable, however. Underlying the patterns and materials is palpable tension: wood bent to its breaking point, curving in endless knots and undulating surfaces which strain toward a sense of motion usually beyond the capabilities of inert material. Murray offsets this tension with fluidity of form, reflective surfaces, and calculated precision. As a result, the once intractable material of wood is transmuted into roiling shapes and patterns which transcend their physical substance to evoke hidden energies beyond the boundaries of form. 

Caught in the centre of uniformity and chaos, there's no place for the eye to rest.             

'The meditative transformation has given way to the interference of the eye.'