January 2005. Slate, steel. Dimensions: 19 × 35 × 9 in (48 × 89 × 23 cm).
Flèche, 2005, is the first in what became a long-running series exploring my interest in the expressive movement of the human body. Rather than depicting the figure literally, I use stone and steel to suggest the physical dynamics of activities such as dance, gymnastics, and fencing—balance, extension, tension, and movement held in arrested action.
Flèche is French for “arrow” and, in fencing, describes a running attack with the weapon arm extended. The sculpture translates that gesture into material form: sweeping steel thrusts through space while the heavy slate appears lifted and suspended, creating a tension between weight and movement.
Flèche
Pronunciation: 'flesh, flèche
Function: noun
Etymology: French, literally, arrow, from Old French fleche, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch vlieke arrow, Old English flEogan to fly
: SPIRE ; especially : a slender spire above the intersection of the nave and transepts of a church
also: in the sport of Fencing : defined as a running attack with arm extended
January 2005. Slate, steel. Dimensions: 19 × 35 × 9 in (48 × 89 × 23 cm).
Flèche, 2005, is the first in what became a long-running series exploring my interest in the expressive movement of the human body. Rather than depicting the figure literally, I use stone and steel to suggest the physical dynamics of activities such as dance, gymnastics, and fencing—balance, extension, tension, and movement held in arrested action.
Flèche is French for “arrow” and, in fencing, describes a running attack with the weapon arm extended. The sculpture translates that gesture into material form: sweeping steel thrusts through space while the heavy slate appears lifted and suspended, creating a tension between weight and movement.
Flèche
Pronunciation: 'flesh, flèche
Function: noun
Etymology: French, literally, arrow, from Old French fleche, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch vlieke arrow, Old English flEogan to fly
: SPIRE ; especially : a slender spire above the intersection of the nave and transepts of a church
also: in the sport of Fencing : defined as a running attack with arm extended
