Welded steel, 100 x 94 x 98, 2002. The English word covers three things that the sculpture turns into one. An overture is an opening, since the French ouverture means exactly that. It is also the piece an orchestra plays before an opera begins, while the audience settles and the curtain is still down. And it … Continue reading Overture
Welded steel, 60 x 84 x 72, 2001. A child building a fort takes what’s at hand and gives each thing a job. A bowl becomes a turret, a ball becomes a foundation, a plate becomes a drawbridge, and each object stays recognizable under its new role. Spanish Castle is built that way. The title … Continue reading Spanish Castle
Welded steel, 21 x 64 x 118, 1999. The form of the sculpture reads as a ritual table. It’s long and low, about ten feet by five and under two feet high, a height at which a person would stoop or kneel to reach what’s on it. The top is a thick slab edged with … Continue reading The Dogon
Painted welded steel, 86 x 39 x 64, 1999. A revival is a meeting held to bring a congregation back to life, and it depends on a voice that reaches a crowd. The sculpture is built for whoever supplies that voice. It stands eighty-six inches high and is large enough to climb into: a platform with a low step … Continue reading Revival
