Know Thyself[OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR] Alan James 2011Laser 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 Type spec by Dan Pike at The Letter D. Photos: Erik Williamson.

Mindfulness 101[you are here]Alan James 2011Fibreglass, vinyl lettering and automotive paint160 x 20 cmRedland 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 2009Retroreflective and reverse-cut coloured film on aluminium75 x 150 cm (approx. 8 kg)Artist’s multiple—labelled, number-stamped and signed on back Photo: Erik Williamson

Pareidolia[THIS IS NOT A SIGN]Alan James 2009Screen print on retroreflective film on aluminium90 x 120 cm (approx. 8 kg)Artist’s multiple—labelled, number-stamped and signed on back Photo: Erik Williamson

  The Love Sign is a multiple edition artwork first produced in 2003. Some 500 of them were produced before the last ones rolled off the press in 2019.  Today, Love Signs can be found hanging out in bedrooms and boardrooms from Noosa to New York, Paddo to Paris. If you have one, I’d love…