In preparation for the show Central Questions of Philosophy at London’s Lisson Gallery in October, 2018, Rodney asked me to create a 9” wide by 3 1/2” tall profile sample frame with two carved patterns. He felt the original frame was too heavy, so we decided to remove one of the carved portions, reducing the frame to 6” wide by 3 1/2” tall.

The chosen frame, at 72” tall and 126” long acts as a focal point of one of his most recent lightboxes, Vacuuming the Gallery, 1949.  The final piece consists of four painted aluminum lightboxes with transmounted chromogenic transparencies, measuring 10’ x 26’.