May 1986. Black granite, steel. Dimensions: 50 × 37 × 7 in (127 × 94 × 18 cm).
Black Totem II uses black granite split into thin, a rough-edged slab whose naturally pointed forms suggest geological spires. The series extends an idea I first explored in my Totems of 1977 and returned to after moving back East in the early 1980s. The original inspiration came from the tall, eroded rock formations I encountered after moving West to Laramie, Wyoming. I was particularly struck by the way these vertical spires often rose from sloping accumulations of eroded and fallen material at their bases.
May 1986. Black granite, steel. Dimensions: 50 × 37 × 7 in (127 × 94 × 18 cm).
Black Totem II uses black granite split into thin, a rough-edged slab whose naturally pointed forms suggest geological spires. The series extends an idea I first explored in my Totems of 1977 and returned to after moving back East in the early 1980s. The original inspiration came from the tall, eroded rock formations I encountered after moving West to Laramie, Wyoming. I was particularly struck by the way these vertical spires often rose from sloping accumulations of eroded and fallen material at their bases.
