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1984. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 19 × 23 × 13 in (48 × 58 × 33 cm).
4th Go-Round continues my exploration of the circular steel form as a means of joining and activating found stone. Here the sweeping arc rises from a small granite element and appears to carry the much larger stone in a precarious state of suspension. Gravity, weight, and balance—central concerns of my earlier tensegrity, or Brute Series—remain active, but the steel has become increasingly gestural and expressive. The visible steel pin wrapping across the granite continues my interest in making the means of assembly an integral part of the sculpture.
As the fourth work in the Go-Round Series, the title again draws on the language of rodeo I encountered while living in Wyoming—another “go-round,” or another attempt. For me, it also describes the circular movement of the sculpture and the process of repeatedly approaching an idea through a series, with each work revealing another possibility. This evolving relationship between circle, stone, gravity, and repetition would soon become central to my Sisyphean Circles, where the circle takes on an increasingly metaphorical dimension.
1984. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 19 × 23 × 13 in (48 × 58 × 33 cm).
4th Go-Round continues my exploration of the circular steel form as a means of joining and activating found stone. Here the sweeping arc rises from a small granite element and appears to carry the much larger stone in a precarious state of suspension. Gravity, weight, and balance—central concerns of my earlier tensegrity, or Brute Series—remain active, but the steel has become increasingly gestural and expressive. The visible steel pin wrapping across the granite continues my interest in making the means of assembly an integral part of the sculpture.
As the fourth work in the Go-Round Series, the title again draws on the language of rodeo I encountered while living in Wyoming—another “go-round,” or another attempt. For me, it also describes the circular movement of the sculpture and the process of repeatedly approaching an idea through a series, with each work revealing another possibility. This evolving relationship between circle, stone, gravity, and repetition would soon become central to my Sisyphean Circles, where the circle takes on an increasingly metaphorical dimension.