Lith
Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens
Penzance, UK
Jonathan Michael Ray Installing Lith
Lith, 2023
Cornish Granite, enamel and epoxy resin
223 x 98 x 98 cm
Lith is a site specific sculptural work by Jonathan Michael Ray, commissioned by Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens in 2023.
The sculpture, built from 300 brick sized blocks of Cornish granite from Bodmin, holds resonance with the larger menhirs (standing stones) and engine house chimney stacks that litter the historic landscape of West Cornwall.
Inspired by the surface and engravings of ancient stones far and wide, and the process of automatic writing / “spirit writing”, the face of each block has been inscribed and gilded with a mysterious and indecipherable script.
The word "Lith", used as a prefix in "lithography" and suffix in "monolith" comes from the Greek, lithos, meaning "stone".
The word also means "a limb".
Photography by Steve Tanner
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