The Race To Reinforce A Fissure Poem by Denis Mair

(in response to an artwork by Knight Sherring titled 'Boat People'*)
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Everything else is a matter of dispersion and interspersion on surfaces. The off-center oval is an arena that alludes to irruptions, or does it peek at an abyss? The oval has the proportions of a racetrack. There is a race to reinforce a fissure. The race may be settling into a static configuration, but who can tell? The short horizontal lines across the crack are clearly there to contain it, but they don't look like they have that capability, so they end up being indicators or gestures. I like the contrasts between organic form, gestural language and neutral, geometric patterns. Reinforcement is done by a series of expedients that work in pairs, but rarely hold parity with each other. The very idea of reinforcing a fissure is odd. Is it done with an intent of closure, or does it betoken acceptance? Is it amenable to the present degree of sundering, or is it under great tension?
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(*'Knight Sherring' is the name Graham Sherring uses in his relations with galleries and clients. You can see more artworks on Graham's timeline.)