Second Nature Facsimile
Second Nature Facsimile – 23 June 2018 – 15 July 2018 Loop Gallery, Toronto
“Doppelgangers as reflections of the strong discordance of modernity as it speaks to our involvement with nature”
The works in this exhibition seek to address the troubling tensions between human’s vision of nature and the natural in the quest to create a contemporary civilization. They are playful acts of research into the notions and process of the cast object as a facsimile or copy of an ideal. Through the use of a broad range of materials and their characteristics the various elements that constitute each individual form creates an inter-connective discourse between the objects. These works are statements that tell an integral story of the interaction with the natural. This relationship to the globe is examined through familiar icons as in the cast iron house frameworks, which refer to the planet as a place where we live. The works in second nature facsimile are intended as acts of engagement that push the limits of multiples through the use of process and materiality in a way that creates descriptive narratives.
Exhibition works:
1. Shiny metal object plus one; (3 parts)
A – Shiny Metal Object-1: CHRY-PBS, 2018, cast aluminum and blue car paint, 1.5”x .75”x47”.
B – Shiny Metal Object-2: GM-4051, 2018, cast aluminum and reddish car paint. 1.5”x .75”x47”.
C – In lieu of an original, 2018, carved basswood. 1.5”x .75”x47”.
2. broken under pressure, 2017/18, cast bronze (cast at Gæsteatilier Hollufgārd, Odense Denmark 2017) cast glass, bandages, wood and metal, 6”x 6” x 54”.
3. Stasis, 2016/18, cast iron (cast at Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer Minn. 2016) polymer plaster, plastic and magnets, 18”x18”x24”.
4. Damaged Goods, 2017/18, cast iron (cast at Buffalo State University Buffalo NY 2017) and my fathers ax, 6”x 6” x 36”.
