May 1984. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 21 × 32 × 11 in (53 × 81 × 28 cm).
6th Go-Round pushes the series toward a more complex and expressive use of found material. A partial circular steel form rises from a crushed and folded piece of industrial steel to engage a large granite slab balanced dramatically on a single point. The curved rod wrapping over the stone acts both structurally and visually, recalling the visible fastenings of my earlier tensegrity, or Brute Series. Here, however, the contrast between the raw, irregular stone and battered, rusted steel introduces a more aggressive energy and a stronger sense of history embedded in the materials.
As another “go-round,” the work continues my idea that a sculptural theme is developed through repeated attempts rather than resolved in a single object. The circle is now incomplete and irregular, suggesting movement and continuation rather than a closed geometric form. Combined with the precariously balanced stone, it moves the Go-Round Series closer to the imagery that would become central to my Sisyphean Circles—the recurring relationship between stone, circular motion, repetition, struggle, and persistence.
DESTROYED altered to make "JC ROUNDER" #S-85-18
May 1984. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 21 × 32 × 11 in (53 × 81 × 28 cm).
6th Go-Round pushes the series toward a more complex and expressive use of found material. A partial circular steel form rises from a crushed and folded piece of industrial steel to engage a large granite slab balanced dramatically on a single point. The curved rod wrapping over the stone acts both structurally and visually, recalling the visible fastenings of my earlier tensegrity, or Brute Series. Here, however, the contrast between the raw, irregular stone and battered, rusted steel introduces a more aggressive energy and a stronger sense of history embedded in the materials.
As another “go-round,” the work continues my idea that a sculptural theme is developed through repeated attempts rather than resolved in a single object. The circle is now incomplete and irregular, suggesting movement and continuation rather than a closed geometric form. Combined with the precariously balanced stone, it moves the Go-Round Series closer to the imagery that would become central to my Sisyphean Circles—the recurring relationship between stone, circular motion, repetition, struggle, and persistence.
DESTROYED altered to make "JC ROUNDER" #S-85-18
