This early work by Charles Ray is an ideal example of his take on minimalist and conceptual sculpture. A simple motor causes wires protruding from the center of a wall to move. The modest scale and fragility of the object belies its spatial impact as it marks out a mutable division of space that expands to include wall and architecture. Ray was first known for pieces in which his body became a temporary sculpture supported against walls by planks, among other actions. Moving Wire continues this playful dissolution of object, body, and space.