1995-2021. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 130 × 120 × 60 in (330 × 305 × 152 cm). Private Collection.
Buoy (1995) distills John Van Alstine's interest in tools and navigation into a more personal metaphor. Inspired by maritime objects gathered near his Jersey City studio, the buoy becomes less a literal form and more a marker of position—traditionally guiding passage, here reimagined as a way of tracking one's creative journey. Van Alstine's notion of “dropping buoys” suggests each sculpture as a point of reference, recording where he has been and what he was thinking.
1995-2021. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 130 × 120 × 60 in (330 × 305 × 152 cm). Private Collection.
Buoy (1995) distills John Van Alstine's interest in tools and navigation into a more personal metaphor. Inspired by maritime objects gathered near his Jersey City studio, the buoy becomes less a literal form and more a marker of position—traditionally guiding passage, here reimagined as a way of tracking one's creative journey. Van Alstine's notion of “dropping buoys” suggests each sculpture as a point of reference, recording where he has been and what he was thinking.
