Positives and Negatives

Here's a recycled cardboard mobile that I'm working on that plays with positive and negative spaces. This piece incorporates both the cardboard shapes and the larger rectangles from which they were cut. The shapes themselves were inspired by Paul Klee's paintings, although I now also see some similarities to Henri Matisse's paper cutouts. I'm exploring a long-standing interest I have in the use of symbols in art.

This piece is still in progress because I haven't figured out how to mount the cardboard rectangles yet. In these pictures, they're just stuck to the wall with masking tape. I'll post more pictures when it's done.

Update: Here's the finished product. The mobile measures 47" W x 37" H, and the wall piece is 42" W x 31" H.

I turned the two rectangular pieces into a flat mobile so they would both hang from a single point but also stay in a fixed relative position. I suppose this wall piece doesn't necessarily have to hang against a wall; it could be free-floating alongside the other mobile. That might be an interesting idea to develop for next time.