Mark Prier

Artwork

Optic Yellow, 2022-2023

Materials: tennis balls, braided steel wire, cooler.

Photos: Scott Lee

A pyramidal stack of yellow tennis balls in the corner; it leans against two white gallery walls and sits on a wooden floor. Some of the tennis balls are more green, while others are more yellow. A pyramidal stack of yellow tennis balls in the corner; it leans against two white gallery walls and sits on a wooden floor. Some of the tennis balls are more green, while others are more yellow. A close-up shot of the corner of a pyramidal stack of yellow tennis balls sitting on a wooden floor. Some of the tennis balls are more green, while others are more yellow.
A blue Coleman cooler with a wide-open white lid sits on a wooden gallery floor near a white wall. An orderly, rectangular grid of tennis balls rise up from inside the cooler, culminating in a pyramidal top that doubles the cooler's height. Looking down at a blue Coleman cooler with a wide-open white lid sitting on a wooden gallery floor near a white wall. An orderly, rectangular grid of tennis balls rise up from inside the cooler, culminating in a pyramidal top that doubles the cooler's height. A close-up of the top of a pyramidal stack of tennis balls in front of a wide-open white cooler lid.