Lucid Sculpture

Piers Henry

39” x 55

Stainless Steel

Lucid Sculpture by Piers Henry transforms the perception of materiality, presenting metal as fluid, responsive, and in motion. The highly polished gold surface is shaped into soft, undulating folds that appear draped. What is traditionally rigid reads as supple, creating a form that appears to shift and breathe before the viewer’s eyes.

Acting simultaneously as object and mirror, the reflective surface absorbs its surroundings and returns them as fragmented, liquid-like distortions. Reflections bend and ripple across the sculpture. This constant flux introduces themes of perception, impermanence, and transformation, underscoring the idea that reality is not fixed but continually reshaped through perspective.

The contrast between the sculpture’s rectilinear framing and its organic deformation reinforces a dialogue between structure and fluidity. Light and shadow extend the form onto the surrounding wall. As viewers move around the piece, their presence activates it, turning perception into an essential component of the work.

Lucid Sculpture recalls the perceptual investigations of artists such as Anish Kapoor, whose reflective surfaces engage physical space and psychological awareness. Like Kapoor, Henry employs industrial precision as a tool to allow reflection to function as a means of inquiry. The result is an artwork that exists as a solid presence and optical event.

Presented as part of Mash Gallery’s Rhythmic Contours, Lucid Sculpture explores rhythm beyond line and gesture into the realm of perception itself. Here, rhythm emerges through shifting reflections, activated by light, space, and the viewer’s body. The work stands as a meditation on transformation, remaining in flux and shaped by every encounter.