Lauren Baker | Be Here Now
Lauren Baker | Be Here Now | Side View
Lauren Baker | Be Here Now | In Situ
Lauren Baker
Be Here Now, 2022
Pink neon, metal, canvas, mixed media, wood
118 x 85 x 4 cm
46 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 1 5/8 in
46 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 1 5/8 in
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Be Here Now is a meditation on presence, built from mirrored triangles and rocky ground. In pink neon, metal, canvas and mixed media, two triangles face each other along a...
Be Here Now is a meditation on presence, built from mirrored triangles and rocky ground. In pink neon, metal, canvas and mixed media, two triangles face each other along a mirrored path: pointing downward for the feminine, upward for the masculine, each directing its energy toward the other. Energetically, Baker notes, triangles direct power in the direction they point, so the composition holds two forces in deliberate tension, a meeting rather than a collision. The terrain beneath them carries the work's harder-won meaning. The rocky surface of the mirror represents an understanding that takes time to ruminate on, the artist's own reflection: your perception of me is a reflection of you, and my response to you is an awareness of me. The title comes from Ram Dass's book Be Here Now, which Baker read soon after a period of silence, and which she describes as a bubble she lived inside until it ended and she felt a little lost, like losing a lover. The work is what she made of that ending: a resolution to return, again and again, to the present. Remember, remember, remember to be here now. Handmade in pink neon over metal, canvas and mixed media on wood, the work measures H118 x W85 x D4 cm, the vertical format drawing the eye upward through the mirrored triangles like a path ascending. £12,000.
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