Welded steel, 75 x 27 x 24, 2004. “A man of the world” is the phrase for someone seasoned and unshockable, at ease in any company. The portrait bust is the format cultures have long used to honor public figures: head and shoulders on a column, raised so the viewer looks up. Man o’ the … Continue reading Man o’ the World
Painted welded steel, 74 x 42 x 54, 2003. Liberty is known by two things she holds: a torch in her raised arm and a tablet in the other. The raised arm of this figure remains, ending in an open tube with nothing in it. The other arm ends bluntly, without a hand to hold a … Continue reading The Abduction of Liberty
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 … Continue reading Dancing Ganesha
Welded steel, 28 x 12 x 12, 2002. “Kingsnake” is the name of a real species, one that preys on other snakes, and the sculpture reads the name as a rank. This snake has a human head and a crown. The head is in profile at the top, with full lips pushed forward, and a … Continue reading King Snake
Welded steel, 2002. Looked at as a bust, the sculpture gives a goddess head and shoulders and no face. The head is a cylinder with a dark domed cap, tipped toward the viewer, and its open end faces us where a face would be. The pale inside of the tube is what we meet. A … Continue reading Goddess
