UNTITLED [knob] [idée fixe]
Installation at a 90 degree angle to the wall of the gallery or in empty space, passage. Hanged on filament.
· Alice: I simply must get through!
Doorknob: Sorry, you're much too big. Simply impassible.
Alice: You mean impossible?
Doorknob: No, impassible. Nothing's impossible.
· A rounded handle that one pulls or twists:
· Doorknob, a round handle one turns to open any door
· Control knob, controls a device
· Brodie knob on the steering wheel
· A prominent rounded hill or mountain, particularly in the Appalachians and the Ozarks.
· A slang term for the penis, also used as a derogatory epithet similar to "idiot".
2010 – in progress
Drawings
# 1 pencil drawing on paper - drawing of a door knob on paper x 2
207cm x 81 cm [81” x 32”] standard American door format
#2 knitting of a knob
Cotton thread
207cm x 81 cm [81” x 32”] standard American door format
# 3 photomagnets
dimensions variable