Rough Sculpture spontaneous combustion
How do you make the timelessness of inert, silent objects count for something? How to use the dumbness of sculpture in a way that acts on us as living things?
~ Antony Gormley
Unearthed stone, scrap metal, plastic gutters, cement block …
Many of these sculptures rely on the pull of gravity at the balance point to sustain their form. (Though I don’t use this method, there is a breathing exercise called “upala yoga” to locate that balance point developed by sculptor Shane Hart.)