Welded steel, 15 x 12 x 12, 2009. The Prophet is a head that changes category as the viewer walks around it. From the front it is a bearded face under a curtain of long hair. From behind it is a phallus: a smooth, closed dome with a ridged collar and rolled bands below. The … Continue reading The Prophet
Soldered brass, glass, 19 x 9 x 14, 2009. Helm of the Critic is rich with symbolism, its design inviting a closer examination of the nature of critique, perception, and authority. The lenses over the eyes serve as a literal and metaphorical enhancement of vision, suggesting that critics see the world through a refined, even … Continue reading Helm of the Critic
Welded steel, 86 x 67 x 99, 2009. A horned, bearded personification of intuition, quadrupedal like a centaur, armed with a Gorgon-emblazoned shield (instinct as a kind of protective, pre-rational defense) and a raised spear and standard. The centaur has a double history in Greek art. In the Parthenon metopes and the Lapith battles it is the … Continue reading The Eminence of Intuition
Soldered brass, 13 x 14 x 9, 2009. The River City is a river that’s also a city, and it’s built as an animal. It stands on four legs with a round belly, a handle arching over its back and a horn at the front, and it pours water out of itself. On its flank … Continue reading The River City
Soldered brass, 17 x 13 x 8, 2009. A small profile face looks out from behind a mass of round forms: a deep open bore, large flat discs with raised centers, a flared shell shape, and a curving blade-like horn that rises to a point. The discs sit where ears would sit on either side of … Continue reading Oracle of Auricles
