February 1999. Painted granite, painted steel. Dimensions: 65 × 24 × 10 in (165 × 61 × 25 cm). Private Collection - Baltimore, MD.
Cudgel Column enlarges ideas from my ongoing Cudgel Series into a polychromed, floor-standing column. It continues my interest in tools and implements as expressive sculptural forms—objects I have long regarded as extensions of the hand, with a “raw, efficient beauty of form dictated by function.”
At the top, the cudgel becomes the crowning element: the sweeping curved steel suggests a handle, while the granite assumes the weight and presence of the head or blade of a primitive hand tool or weapon. Elevated on the tall column, this tool-like form takes on a more vertical, figure-related presence.
February 1999. Painted granite, painted steel. Dimensions: 65 × 24 × 10 in (165 × 61 × 25 cm). Private Collection - Baltimore, MD.
Cudgel Column enlarges ideas from my ongoing Cudgel Series into a polychromed, floor-standing column. It continues my interest in tools and implements as expressive sculptural forms—objects I have long regarded as extensions of the hand, with a “raw, efficient beauty of form dictated by function.”
At the top, the cudgel becomes the crowning element: the sweeping curved steel suggests a handle, while the granite assumes the weight and presence of the head or blade of a primitive hand tool or weapon. Elevated on the tall column, this tool-like form takes on a more vertical, figure-related presence.
