April 1984. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 10 × 4 × 4 in (25 × 10 × 10 cm).
Corporate collection. NJ.
Rockslide I, 1984 (S-84-09)
Rockslide I was the first work in my Rockslide Series and continues my exploration of gravity, balance, and visible assembly. Two granite elements are connected by a tall, upstretched steel form, creating a precarious relationship between the grounded stone and the smaller stone held high above. Of particular importance is the connection at the base, where visible pins and a large steel wedge salvaged from a piece of heavy machinery make the means of assembly a strong visual and conceptual focus.
The exposed connection carries forward ideas from my earlier tensegrity, or Brute Series, where how a sculpture is held together was central to its meaning. Here, however, those structural concerns become part of a more expressive sense of movement suggested by the title Rockslide. The sculpture exhibited in 1984 solo show at the Diane Brown Gallery, NYC.
April 1984. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 10 × 4 × 4 in (25 × 10 × 10 cm).
Corporate collection. NJ.
Rockslide I, 1984 (S-84-09)
Rockslide I was the first work in my Rockslide Series and continues my exploration of gravity, balance, and visible assembly. Two granite elements are connected by a tall, upstretched steel form, creating a precarious relationship between the grounded stone and the smaller stone held high above. Of particular importance is the connection at the base, where visible pins and a large steel wedge salvaged from a piece of heavy machinery make the means of assembly a strong visual and conceptual focus.
The exposed connection carries forward ideas from my earlier tensegrity, or Brute Series, where how a sculpture is held together was central to its meaning. Here, however, those structural concerns become part of a more expressive sense of movement suggested by the title Rockslide. The sculpture exhibited in 1984 solo show at the Diane Brown Gallery, NYC.
Van Alstine solos exhibit Diane Brown Gallery, 100 Green Street, NYC 1984
