Cuneiform Series

‘Snell’s Cuneiform series investigates the dynamics of simple geometric structures.  He has taken the cuneiform configuration out of its historical and literary context and applied it to a non-verbal context of symbols examining the transformation of abstract spatial relationships. The work presents a dichotomy of form and movement. An implicit order and structure is evident; each static stage can be viewed as a complete visual composition or as a series of inter-related symbols in constant flux. Rather than being a device for endless permutations, the kinetic mode focuses on the relative values of motion, rhythm, tension as well as the relationships of symmetry and asymmetry’.

Ihor Holubizky
Electric Gallery,
Totonto, Canada
1979