Lauren Baker | Threshold
Lauren Baker | Threshold | On Wall
Lauren Baker
Threshold, 2026
White neon, glass, mixed materials, wood, fixings
100 x 85 x 8 cm
39 3/8 x 33 1/2 x 3 1/8 in
39 3/8 x 33 1/2 x 3 1/8 in
Threshold speaks to the spaces between: the liminal zones where one reality dissolves and another has yet to form. The work is a diptych of two mirrored panels, divided at...
Threshold speaks to the spaces between: the liminal zones where one reality dissolves and another has yet to form. The work is a diptych of two mirrored panels, divided at its centre by light. One triangle ascends, the other descends, held in perfect tension across a narrow gap, neither complete without the other. The composition suggests the meeting of dimensions, the invisible architecture that separates this world from what lies beyond. Baker invites us to stand at the edge. Between life and afterlife. Between one choice and another. Between the self we know and the self we are becoming. The cracked white mosaic that covers each panel maps a surface full of history, of fracture and endurance, a visual language she first explored in There Is A Crack In Everything (That's How The Light Gets In), where broken mosaic stood for thought and light for the soul. Here, the neon does not fill the gap between the panels; it illuminates it, holding open the question of what crossing means. To stand at a threshold is to be suspended in pure possibility. Constructed in white neon, glass, mixed media and wood, the work measures H100 x W85 x D8 cm overall, its two panels separated by a 2 cm central gap that lets the wall's shadow become part of the composition. A unique original work. £15,000.