1991. Granite, bronze. Dimensions: 85 × 60 × 27 in (216 × 152 × 69 cm). Private collection - Aspen, CO
Non Semper Ea Sunt Quae Videntur—Latin for “things are not always what they appear”—continues my interest in combining rough-hewn stone with metal and in animating the inherent weight of stone. A tall granite column rises from a curved granite “rocker,” which appears precariously balanced on two bronze rollers. The arrangement gives the massive sculpture an unexpected sense of movement, as though it might rock back and forth or roll away—part of my continuing effort to make earthbound stone appear almost weightless or mobile.
The apparent instability, however, is an illusion: the bronze rollers are invisibly pinned to the granite, making movement impossible. The Latin title plays directly on this contradiction between what we perceive and what is actually occurring. In this sense, the work brings together several longstanding concerns in my sculpture—gravity, weight, balance, and the transformation of massive stone into something that seems poised for motion.
1991. Granite, bronze. Dimensions: 85 × 60 × 27 in (216 × 152 × 69 cm). Private collection - Aspen, CO
Non Semper Ea Sunt Quae Videntur—Latin for “things are not always what they appear”—continues my interest in combining rough-hewn stone with metal and in animating the inherent weight of stone. A tall granite column rises from a curved granite “rocker,” which appears precariously balanced on two bronze rollers. The arrangement gives the massive sculpture an unexpected sense of movement, as though it might rock back and forth or roll away—part of my continuing effort to make earthbound stone appear almost weightless or mobile.
The apparent instability, however, is an illusion: the bronze rollers are invisibly pinned to the granite, making movement impossible. The Latin title plays directly on this contradiction between what we perceive and what is actually occurring. In this sense, the work brings together several longstanding concerns in my sculpture—gravity, weight, balance, and the transformation of massive stone into something that seems poised for motion.
