Know Thyself [OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR]  Alan James 2011 Laser cut, polished stainless steel with diamond etched text 60 x 50 cm (approx. 15 kg) Artist’s multiple—labelled, number-stamped and signed on back   [slideshow_deploy id=’3956′]   Type spec by Dan Pike at The Letter D. Photos: Erik Williamson.

Mindfulness 101 [you are here] Alan James 2011 Fibreglass, vinyl lettering and automotive paint 160 x 20 cm Redland Art Gallery collection. On permanent display at Cleveland Library. Design spec: Dot Dash. Fabrication: Albert Smith Signs.

Nothing to fear but fear itself [HERE BE DRAGONS] Alan James 2009 Retroreflective and reverse-cut coloured film on aluminium 75 x 150 cm (approx. 8 kg) Artist’s multiple—labelled, number-stamped and signed on back   [slideshow_deploy id=’3987′] Photo: Erik Williamson

Pareidolia [THIS IS NOT A SIGN] Alan James 2009 Screen print on retroreflective film on aluminium 90 x 120 cm (approx. 8 kg) Artist’s multiple—labelled, number-stamped and signed on back   [slideshow_deploy id=’4015′] Photo: Erik Williamson

  Stop! In the Name of Love … [LOVE Sign] Alan James 2003 Screen print on retroreflective film on aluminium 60 x 60 cm Numbered multiple—labelled, number-stamped & signed on back   First created in 2003, today there are more than 450 Love Signs out here—hanging out in bedrooms and boardrooms from Noosa to New…