Untitled, Prototype 1
Untitled Prototype One, Pink Foam, 4 ft. tall, Circa 2008.
This life size man-child was reductively carved from insulation foam, and coated in paint and graphite. This prototype is displayed on the wall but is also shown in floor spaces. This piece follows a painting from 2007 and is concerned with the ambiguity of this gesture of the arms and hands outstretched. It remains untitled but I hope that this sculpture be interpreted and experienced on multiple levels by suggesting three possibilities for its interpretation: Orant, Protest, Celebration. The material weight in contrast to its material presence also points to this ambiguity of interpretation.