Bing Dawe has rendered the forms in Figure with Eel as though they are sectional arcs of a larger wheel. Indeed this work is conceived like a diagram which is partially two-dimensional and partially three-dimensional. The circular nature of the composition and the motif of the eel trap are reminiscent of the classical idea of the Rota Fortunae or Wheel of Fate, a cycle in which both man and eel are trapped.
June 7, 2019
