Scattering Screen
Move your body from side to side in front of this sculpture, and notice your reflection. Alyson Shotz created Scattering Screen with thousands of polished stainless steel circles, woven together with wire. As the individual discs shift and move, they simultaneously capture light and let it pass through. The images reflected from its surface give the sculpture the appearance of weightlessness, pointing to the artist’s interest in the intersection of math, science, and contemporary art.
ArtistAlyson Shotz(b. 1964)
Date2016
MediumStainless steel and stainless steel wire
Dimensions108 x 18 in. (274.3 x 548.6 x 71.1 cm)
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2017.14
ClassificationSculpture
ProvenanceCommissioned by Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX; (Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2017
On ViewYes
This artwork's face covers about 267× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.