‘Detector (Kissing Gate) uses the invisible force of magnetism, to influence the opening, closing and turning of a sculptural circle which becomes a portal. Here art and non-art references come together. This is a gate, a potential point of entry to alternative experiences, including, perhaps, the magnetic attractions of romance. It also looks like a bicycle wheel removed from its context, which summons Duchamp’s first readymade. The sculptural placement of string across a hole brings Barbara Hepworth to mind. But its pattern takes us back to Gill’s interest in topology: it’s a ‘Mystic Rose’ produced by linking equidistant points around a circle to each other.’
Extract from catalogue essay: ‘Alison Gill – To See A World’, Paul Carey-Kent
