Tensions 2.2

Kai Griffin
Laser cut cast acrylic, hi-gloss enamel
49” x 28 ¾ “
2023
 
From the artist:
Serenity through seven years via seven languages. Of the numerous works within my Tensions series, Tensions 2.2 (black, smoke gray) holds the most visual and allegorical of stories. The work is all about "sevens": I was seven years sober, ending a seven year relationship, and I took the serenity prayer and translated it into the seven most spoken languages of the world. I created a pattern with the repeated prayer in its seven varying prose, laser etching this pattern onto the front and back of the black acrylic shards in the work. The beautiful script, created in English, Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, French, Arabic, and Bengali, lends delicacy to the bold, graphic piece and provides a visual recount to its creation.