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, 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
Painted welded steel, 34 x 24 x 24, 2000. “Sink” is a fixture and also a verb, and the sculpture sets out the parts of the fixture one by one on a low table. Two shallow round basins lie side by side at the left with nothing in them. A tall post topped with a … Continue reading Sink
Welded steel, 1998. “Rapture of the deep” is the diver’s name for nitrogen narcosis, the euphoria that comes over a diver at depth, with good humor, confidence and failing judgment. The danger is that it feels like well-being, and the sculpture is built to look composed. Two tall plates lean together at the center like … Continue reading Rapture of the Deep
Welded steel, 1997. Nonextant. A stage is a raised platform for performance and also one phase of a longer progression, and the sculpture is built around the first meaning. A long flat plate overhangs a deep recess with a plain back wall, and the plate and the framing posts make an opening that reads as … Continue reading Stage
