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Tim Noble and Sue Webster — Walk on Water
Tim Noble and Sue Webster

Walk on Water

A dazzling sculptural neon sign by Tim Noble and Sue Webster, *Walk on Water* combines stainless and enamelled steel with glowing neon tubing to create a bold, text-based work charged with bravado and irreverence. The piece employs an electronic light sequencer to produce a three-channel caterpillar effect, animating the phrase with a flickering, hypnotic rhythm reminiscent of vintage Las Vegas signage. Noble and Webster's signature blend of spectacle and dark humor transforms an audacious biblical reference into a monument to self-mythologizing and artistic ambition.

Medium
stainless and enamelled steel, neon, electronic light sequencer (3-channel caterpillar effect), transformers

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

February 10, 2016

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Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Walk on Water

A dazzling sculptural neon sign by Tim Noble and Sue Webster, *Walk on Water* combines stainless and enamelled steel with glowing neon tubing to create a bold, text-based work charged with bravado and irreverence. The piece employs an electronic light sequencer to produce a three-channel caterpillar effect, animating the phrase with a flickering, hypnotic rhythm reminiscent of vintage Las Vegas signage. Noble and Webster's signature blend of spectacle and dark humor transforms an audacious biblical reference into a monument to self-mythologizing and artistic ambition.

Medium
stainless and enamelled steel, neon, electronic light sequencer (3-channel caterpillar effect), transformers
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Steel Sculpture, Contemporary Artists, Provocative Imagery, Industrial Materials, Neon Light Sculpture, Luminous Mood, Installation Art, Figurative Art, British Artists, Contemporary Art, Light Art, Blue And White, Religious Iconography, Collaborative Duo, Kinetic Effect, Dark Humor, Neon Sculpture, Urban Mythology

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