"Pyxis Awry - America 2020", 8/2020, bronze, 11"h x22"w x12"d (28 x 56 x 30cm)

 

private collection -Florida

Pyxis: a small and faint constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for a mariner's compass  

Pyxis is completely visible in latitudes south of 53 degrees north from January through March.

awry:  1. in a turned or twisted position or direction: askew      2.  off the correct or expected course: amiss

 

The works in this series feature a “vessel” form - historically understood in art and literature as a

symbol or metaphor for the self, a group of people, human kind. If the vessel's compass is awry it will likely end up adrift, untethered, off course.

My intent with this series is raise questions/search for answers relative to personal (or a group) decisions/courses of action and

shed light on the resulting consequences, whether they are personal, political, environmental.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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