When Clapping One Handed
2008, red neon flashing
60 x 20 x 5cm
Series 1 – 1 (+ artist’s proof)
SOLD
In this work Melvin uses both flashing and non illuminated neon to expose hidden meaning in existing words. Rather than flashing “Applause” the work continually reiterates “A pause”, the moments of silence between clapping, in an effort to create a direct visual and oral negative of a word and its associations.