Materials
All metal sculptures incorporate scavenged or cannibalized consumer and industrial materials and objects, primarily aluminum. They are assembled with steel hardware and fasteners, as well as aluminum pop rivets. Wood sculptures include various lumber and wooden objects assembled with dowels and glue. Drawings are primarily graphite (pencil, woodless pencils) with occasional color pencil and collage elements.
Sculptures
Fragment, aphasiac suggests a sense of cultural aphasia, the alienation and obsolescence confronting contemporary society as information and technological change assault us at faster rates than we can process or adapt to it. (Fragment, hear, Fragment, see, Fragment, speak are closely related, smaller works.)
Platform, Madrid is an homage to the victims of the Madrid metro terrorist bombings.
General description
My intention is to create the effect of two conflicting forces, that which touches on the depths of despair, unsteadily balanced against anxious humor and simple joy in work. Idealism found in promises of a better future are frustrated by the reality of mankind’s tendency to settle for significantly less. These sculptures are abandoned visual props left at the end of an absurd solitary performance, susceptible to decay and multiple interpretations. Nothing can be taken for granted. Constant change proves to be the only reliable point of reference. Equilibrium being evanescent, one tries to fuse an array of thought fragments into a drawing of graphite or metal. By doing so, the artist builds a fragile mental world of metaphor that lends meaning to his largely unnoticed visit in society.