July 1985. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 29 × 17 × 15 in (74 × 43 × 38 cm). Private Collection
Schiabo Stonehead reflects the increasingly frequent figurative references appearing in my work at the time, an interest that would ultimately lead to my 1998 exhibition Acknowledging the Figure. A rough granite mass suggests a head poised atop a curved steel body. Rather than depicting the figure literally, the contrast of heavy stone and gestural steel creates a sense of posture, character, and movement.
The title refers to the Schiabo scrap yard in the Port of Albany, where I salvaged the steel. Its distinctive curved form helped generate the sculpture’s figurative character, illustrating how found industrial material could become both a structural element and a catalyst for image and meaning.
July 1985. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 29 × 17 × 15 in (74 × 43 × 38 cm). Private Collection
Schiabo Stonehead reflects the increasingly frequent figurative references appearing in my work at the time, an interest that would ultimately lead to my 1998 exhibition Acknowledging the Figure. A rough granite mass suggests a head poised atop a curved steel body. Rather than depicting the figure literally, the contrast of heavy stone and gestural steel creates a sense of posture, character, and movement.
The title refers to the Schiabo scrap yard in the Port of Albany, where I salvaged the steel. Its distinctive curved form helped generate the sculpture’s figurative character, illustrating how found industrial material could become both a structural element and a catalyst for image and meaning.
