The Skeleton and Skin sculpture, "Stong Center", is an asymmetrical, hanging sculputure created from wire, glue, rough newsprint and watercolor. It should hang at approximately eye level. Its dimensions are roughly 22” high x 17” wide x 13” deep. It is designed to be viewed from all sides.
The sculpture is designed to explore several complementary and contradictory aspects of life. First it explores the relationship between self-control and creativity. The tightly wrapped center represents an individual’s self-control that allows him or her to achieve their full creative potential. The curvilinear soaring wires represent that creativity. The occassional supporting wire loops represent an individual’s experiment with new things and their return with confidence to their center to try new endeavors.
Second, it represents the contradiction to simultaneously be open and reveal one’s center and to keep it concealed. This requires the viewer to take some time to pause and look at the sculpture, to see what is really there. Third the colors are designed to invoke both nature (green) and society (purple). In some cases they overlap and in others they are quite disjoint. It should be noted that edges are torn in both nature and in society. Finally, the sculpture represents a distinction between what is revealed on the outside (which is often muted) compared with what is present on the inside (which can be more vibrant).
The sculpture is designed to explore several complementary and contradictory aspects of life. First it explores the relationship between self-control and creativity. The tightly wrapped center represents an individual’s self-control that allows him or her to achieve their full creative potential. The curvilinear soaring wires represent that creativity. The occassional supporting wire loops represent an individual’s experiment with new things and their return with confidence to their center to try new endeavors.
Second, it represents the contradiction to simultaneously be open and reveal one’s center and to keep it concealed. This requires the viewer to take some time to pause and look at the sculpture, to see what is really there. Third the colors are designed to invoke both nature (green) and society (purple). In some cases they overlap and in others they are quite disjoint. It should be noted that edges are torn in both nature and in society. Finally, the sculpture represents a distinction between what is revealed on the outside (which is often muted) compared with what is present on the inside (which can be more vibrant).
I really like the colors! Though I have a feeling I can't really appreciate it in a two-dimensional form. :(
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