What do I find in Frank Plant’s works? Essentially, post-modernity: Concept, message, medium, peculiar expression, the transcendental. He starts in the here and now, carefully observing matter, people, and interaction. His messages are subtle, insightful, profound, gentle and caring; like an honest historian, they point at different and often fresh perspectives without patronizing or claiming moral high ground. His medium, steel, ideally resembles the starting proposition, everyday objects and situations: Steel has been around for millennia and so are the fundamental questions he touches upon. When it comes to expression, I would argue that it is impossible to imitate his “drawings in steel” (Frank Plant). His peculiar expression goes far beyond perfect craftsmanship or artistry. It stands a double test: Transfer some drawing one to one to a wall, the result will never come close. Cover or bend a single line of one of his works, and it will lose its spell. The process of bending can be learned, the breathing of life into bended steel never. His work is pointing beyond itself, it stimulates reflection on one’s self and the world. Coming back to the idea of post-modernity (if there is such thing), Frank Plant’s art interacts with and inspires reality and vice versa; but then, how does his art inspire our present reality which is ubiquitously, virtually, permanently communicating with itself? Any observer should find out himself or herself; I sense it has to do with presenting eternal questions in an everyday guise. This endorsement would be incomplete without sharing why I love his works: My family lives with two pieces. They are nonintrusive, presentable, great to have in a living environment and manage to draw attention even after years in an elegant, unpretentious way, always sharp and without ever looking outdated. What remains? Forget all of the above, follow your heart and buy the one piece you like most.