Peter Bowles

Quiescent Object extends an ongoing exploration of stillness, gravity, and material restraint.  Emerging from the earlier Ataraxia series, the work moves from an inward philosophical inquiry to an outward physical condition. Subtly tinted, striking opal glasses are specifically formulated to hold light rather the reflect it, creating depth that is sensed rather than immediately seen.

Each work is assigned to a discovered exoplanet-astronomical bodies (body) known not through direct image, but through their gravitational effect on surrounding light and matter. This naming logic is an echo of the material behaviour of glass itself, where presence is inferred simultaneously through transparency, translucency, and opacity. Essentially, the work is to suggest moments of equilibrium, akin to quiescent galactic systems where motion is resolved, and energy held in balance. Neith inert nor expressive, they invite sustained attention, asking the viewer to pause and encounter form in a state of suspended and unspectacular objectivity.

Images: Peter Bowles
Acknowledged others: Anne Clifton