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September 1984. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 8.5 × 4 × 3.5 in (22 × 10 × 9 cm).
Collection: Dayton Institute of Art, Dayton, OH
Rockslide II, the second work in my Rockslide Series, continues my exploration of gravity, balance, and precarious suspension. Granite elements are held within a more complex steel structure, with a tall curving form creating a strong upward movement. As in Rockslide I, the connections are deliberately emphasized: visible pins, plates, and brackets make the way the sculpture is held together an important visual and conceptual part of the work.
This emphasis on visible assembly carries forward concerns from my earlier tensegrity, or Brute Series, while the sweeping steel and implied instability reflect the more expressive direction my work was taking during this period. Rockslide II was purchased by Washington, DC collector Philip M. Smith and later gifted to the Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, Ohio, where it is part of the permanent collection.
September 1984. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 8.5 × 4 × 3.5 in (22 × 10 × 9 cm).
Collection: Dayton Institute of Art, Dayton, OH
Rockslide II, the second work in my Rockslide Series, continues my exploration of gravity, balance, and precarious suspension. Granite elements are held within a more complex steel structure, with a tall curving form creating a strong upward movement. As in Rockslide I, the connections are deliberately emphasized: visible pins, plates, and brackets make the way the sculpture is held together an important visual and conceptual part of the work.
This emphasis on visible assembly carries forward concerns from my earlier tensegrity, or Brute Series, while the sweeping steel and implied instability reflect the more expressive direction my work was taking during this period. Rockslide II was purchased by Washington, DC collector Philip M. Smith and later gifted to the Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, Ohio, where it is part of the permanent collection.
