Sculpture

“Sculpture” is used to describe anything three-dimensional, whether made as a prop for a corresponding photograph, a work intended to exist on its own or both. Similarly, my sculptural works exhibit a fairly broad range of materials and techniques, from hand-worked plaster, clay and metal (often painted) to assemblages including costumes. There are a lot of these, so I have limited these pages to a few of the more finished works.

Like a lot of what I do, the sculpture is something of a tour through art history, with a heavy emphasis on the ancient (especially Egyptian) and modern art. This is especially true of the “Pez” dispensers of which there are a dozen or so, and the models for photographs such as “Bouffant Nefertiti” and “The Colossal Kewpies of Abu Simbel”. The “Cornell Box” is homage to Joseph Cornell, albeit with the themes of college co-ed substance abuse and suicide replacing mysticism. My two part coat has a quasi-political content, with one side representing the counter-culture and the other a dress military frock. I mostly made it to wear during performances, but find it satisfying in itself. “Beatnik Duck”, with its unlikely goateed, beret wearing bohemian bird and chip-carved urban environment, is a satire on folk art, and the grouping of “Gumby” objects is self-explanatory for anyone old enough to remember the source material. Finally, I have included a Christmas tree of fan blades which sits in front of my house – soon to be joined by other metal plantings.