Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Systemic Grid 126 (Window), 2020
Security glass, ornamental glass, mounts, concrete and wood pedestal, glass panel
259,3 x 122,5 x 1,3 cm (glass panel)
40 x 40 x 40 cm (concrete base)
279,3 x 122,5 x 40 cm (overall)
40 x 40 x 40 cm (concrete base)
279,3 x 122,5 x 40 cm (overall)
This work from Daniel Steegmann Mangrane's series of Systemic Grids consists of a glass panel constructed of sections of clear and of slightly distorted glass that are affixed to an underlying sheet of security glass to create a geometric pattern.
As distorting looking-glass, the work creates a formal filter, blurring sections of the environment and superimposing a fragmenting grid. At the same time, the uneven sections of glass draw attention to the material’s properties: it has changing consistency and thickness. The geometric pattern used as grid (in which some sections are clear, others filled with slightly distorting glass) is created using a self-imposed rule—by pivoting, turning, and mirroring a simple geometric shape.