Undulations

---The visit to the Art Gallery of Hamilton was really interesting. I had never gone to the second floor of the museum before. But on that floor, there was an exhibition called Carnival: Scenes from a Spectacle. It included a piece called Undulations by Joseph Calleja. It was made of painted steel and a motor in 1978.

---This sculpture first caught my eye because of its seeming simplicity. It is comprised of thin but strong metal sheets in three bold colours; the primary colours of blue, yellow, and red. The blue sheet is the background: rectangular, vertical, and flat. The yellow was neatly cut into small curved, almost-rectangles. They are jointed together by tiny bolts in the shap of what could be a serpent. Through the use of a motor, they slowly curve up and down in circular motions. The other end disappears underneath a torn sheet of red metal on the right that is a few inches taller than the background and covers mabye a fifth of it. All of this is set on a sturdy black rectangle of metal that is not quite as wide as the blue backing sheet.

---As mentioned, I like this piece because it is clean, simple, and it works. I have recently gained a special appreciation for things that move smoothly without being rickety or wobbling. I also thought it was interesting that the other end of the serpent was left up to your imagination. When I was there, I stealthily looked behind it, but it only ended abruptly, just out of sight from the front.