Thresholds, 2018, mixed media, 17 x 34 in. / 43.18 x 86.36 cm.

Thresholds, Ed Whitmore, 2018, mixed media, 17 x 34 in. / 43.18 x 86.36 cm.

oxidized copper and bronze on vintage letterpress tray

Poured oxidized copper meanders luminously. Rusty hinges litter the surface—symbols of openings, thresholds, and uncertain passages, suggesting doors once functional, now corroded and marking the possibility of movement between memory and forgetting, ruin and renewal.