The ‘Umbrella Series’: Static and Kinetic Constructions

The author describes a series of constructions that relate whimsically to the common black umbrella. Some pieces in the series contain one or more umbrellas or umbrella parts, others refer to the idea of an umbrella; some are kinetic pieces, some are static. He tells about his thoughts as this work progressed and gives his interpretations of several objects in the series, stressing their functionally nonsensical character.