2 as 3 and Some, Too, 1997-98

​Liz Larner’s 2 as 3 and Some, Too is made of twenty-four equal lengths of steel rod. Wrapped in pale blue, yellow, or pink painted paper, they form the edges of two interlocking cubes. However, resting on the floor on only three corners, the wriggly form seems to be shaking itself loose of a rigid, perfect geometry. Similarly, it appears to be emerging from the linear, two-dimensional realm of drawing into the spatial, three-dimensional world of sculpture. The ambiguous phrase “and some, too” points to the special kind of dimension Larner aims to carve out, which she describes as the “space inside the space that the thing exists in.” Rather than make an impenetrable sculpture defined by solidity and mass, Larner opens up her work, allowing viewers to see through it and sense the empty or negative space that it demarcates.