Painted welded steel, 31 x 36 x 24, 2002. Annunciation scenes are about an arrival. Someone enters a room and announces something, and painters typically set the event in a domestic interior and often put a book in the Virgin’s hands. This sculpture builds the interior and the messenger as separate parts of one piece. The … Continue reading Bible Study: Annunciation
Painted welded steel, 2002. A bouquet is the commonest gift of flowers, and this one is drawn in line. A thin olive hoop arches over the group. An orange-red ribbon curls out to the left and ends in a hooked tip with a small hole, and a dark red ribbon loops out to the right. … Continue reading Flowers for KB
Welded steel, 21 x 24 x 13, 2002. The hull is two bands of steel plate laid over one another and held with bolts. Viking hulls were built of overlapping planks fastened with iron rivets, and here the fasteners are visible and carry the look of the planks. A wrench stands on the deck beside … Continue reading Viking Ship
Painted welded steel, 70 x 39 x 32, 2002. A girl dances for a king, and he is so pleased that he offers her whatever she wants. On her mother’s prompting she asks for the head of John the Baptist on a platter. The sculpture shows the bargain after it was settled. At the figure’s … Continue reading Salome
Painted welded steel, 108 x 60 x 50, 2002. The title is an announcer’s line. It’s spoken just before an unveiling, when the audience has been held in suspense and the curtain is about to go up, and the sculpture is that suspense built as an object. At nine feet it’s taller than any visitor. … Continue reading The Moment You’ve Been Waiting For
