Pendulum 2003

Harriet Bart created 'Pendulum' at an unknown date using unspecified materials. It’s about how gravity, a steady force, can be a metaphor for life's constants. The metal is burnished to a warm, inviting sheen, a kind of gentle optimism, while that fine cord holding it aloft is almost invisible, suggesting something fragile and precarious. I love the way the form tapers to a sharp point, a detail that speaks of precision but also potential danger, like life itself. The shadow cast on the floor echoes the form above it, a doubling that suggests reflection and perhaps a hint of existential pondering. It’s a bit like a Brancusi sculpture in its elegant simplicity, but with a touch of the uncanny thrown in. 'Pendulum' reminds us that even in stillness, things are in motion, and meaning is always swinging between certainty and doubt.