This special edition supported a major commission by Phyllida Barlow. Depicting an anomalous, vibrantly coloured structure, the edition is based on a drawing produced just prior to Barlow’s major solo exhibition cul–de–sac at the Royal Academy in 2019.

Barlow often describes sculptures as "dumb and silent and still" – even a nuisance, as a viewer must walk all the way around it. The same could be said for a street barrier, which Barlow frequently references in her sculptural installations and works on paper.

'Pointer' shows a marked change in the barrier, now on tall stilts and surrounded by its shadow. One can see the comparison to several sculptures in cul–de–sac, such as 'untitled:blocksonstilts;2018-2019' which featured three enormous white blocks, precariously perched atop wooden stilts, as if caught there after a high tide. Similarly, the lintel in 'untitled:lintel;2018-2019' has a dramatic shadow, rendered in cement. As in this edition, Barlow has given form to the elusive shadow, with a composition and permanence all its own.