Welded steel, brass, 58 x 23 x 11, 2003.
The sculpture shows Ganesha in his dancing form. A heavy god is made light by commitment. The largest form in the piece is the polished sphere of his belly, and everything else radiates from it: one foot kicked up, short legs, arms flung wide, the trunk curled up in front of the face and a looped rod raised overhead. The figure is nearly all weight and it’s in the air on a single leg.
The ring around him is the most regular form in the piece: a flat circle with evenly spaced round holes, and light passes through each one. Inside it the figure is the least regular. His hands and raised foot reach out to the ring on every side, so the dancer’s gesture fills the whole width of the circle, and the ring sets the limit of the space he dances in.
He dances on a small bowl at the top of a tall fluted column. Nothing around him is fixed except the stand.
