Mercury 2917

Mercury 2917 recalls a time long before mobile phones — an era when every home’s telephone carried a name and number, such as “Mercury 2917.” This was the number from my childhood, a simple phrase that now evokes a world that felt smaller, quieter, and more personal.
Moreover, the title carries a double meaning, suggesting not only the intimacy of memory but also the possibility of planetary identification — as if communication once local might now reach across cosmic distances.
Presented in a natural aged oak flat batten frame, just 0.5 cm in width, the piece allows the surface to speak clearly while maintaining a sense of warmth and craftsmanship. Supplied ready to hang with wire, Mercury 2917 is both a personal recollection and a meditation on connection — past, present, and imagined.

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About the artist

tim smith

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Tim's work is driven by a fascination with the changing world, contemporary culture and the history of art. These are often mixed together in what he wants to be a spontaneous blend of images rich in cultural references, held together by passages of pure painting and lyrical colour in a "new representationalism"