Soldered brass, 13 x 19 x 9, 2018. The Sirens of the Odyssey promise knowledge: they offer to tell the listener everything that happens on the fertile earth. Odysseus survives by being tied to the mast while his crew’s ears are stopped. The lure is a promise of interior knowledge, and the defence is restraint. … Continue reading Siren Song
Soldered brass, 22 x 15 x 9, 2018. "Mask of Tragedy," a 2018 sculpture by Canadian artist Ryan McCourt, melds elements of Greek theatrical masks with visual motifs reminiscent of indigenous ceremonial masks. Crafted from soldered brass, the sculpture’s exaggerated features and intricate patterns evoke both the dramatic expressions of classical theater and the spiritual … Continue reading Mask of Tragedy
Soldered brass, cast iron, 20 x 25 x 18, 2018. Cervantes describes Rocinante as bony and Don Quixote as lean and worn down. The sculpture treats both the same way. Horse and rider are built from tube, ring and bar with nothing filling the volumes, so each body is all frame. The ball on the … Continue reading Quixote
Soldered brass, 14 x 14 x 13, 2017. Created in residence at the Hambidge Center, USA. A stew is made of whatever is available, cooked until the pieces stop being separate. The sculpture is built the same way, from a bird, a leaf-like dish, a box with a lid, a cut ornamental scroll and a … Continue reading Brunswick Stew
Soldered brass, 13 x 39 x 11, 2017. Created in residence at the Hambidge Center, USA. The sculpture reads as a city laid out along one ground line, with the standing parts at the left and the fallen parts at the right. At the left a crenellated wall encloses a low court, a tall chimney-shaped … Continue reading The Old City
