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December 2020. Bronze. Dimensions: 6.5 × 20 × 10 in (17 × 51 × 25 cm).
Pyxis - small and faint constellation in the southern sky. Latin for a mariner's compass. Pyxis is completely visible in latitudes south of 53 degrees north from January through March.
Awry (1): in a turned or twisted position or direction: askew; (2): off the correct or expected course: amiss
The works in this series feature a “vessel” form - historically understood in art and literature as a symbol or metaphor for the self, a group of people, human kind. If the vessel’s compass is awry it will likely end up adrift, untethered, off course.
My intent is raise questions as to personal (or a group) decisions/courses of action and shed light on the resulting consequences, whether they are personal, political, environmental.
John VA
December 2020. Bronze. Dimensions: 6.5 × 20 × 10 in (17 × 51 × 25 cm).
Pyxis - small and faint constellation in the southern sky. Latin for a mariner's compass. Pyxis is completely visible in latitudes south of 53 degrees north from January through March.
Awry (1): in a turned or twisted position or direction: askew; (2): off the correct or expected course: amiss
The works in this series feature a “vessel” form - historically understood in art and literature as a symbol or metaphor for the self, a group of people, human kind. If the vessel’s compass is awry it will likely end up adrift, untethered, off course.
My intent is raise questions as to personal (or a group) decisions/courses of action and shed light on the resulting consequences, whether they are personal, political, environmental.
John VA
