Unlike paintings, sculpture invites tactile experiences, shares physical space with the viewer, and, depending upon scale, may provide a sense of intimacy or may overwhelm. Visiting sculpture is often done in sculpture parks where sculptures of all types, from the most abstract to hauntingly life-sized realistic sculptures of the human form, are set into places where they seemingly do not belong. While the sculptures may not “belong” in the natural sense where they are placed, the reality is that the sculptures and their surroundings harmoniously enhance the viewer’s full experience in that place at that time.
In my painting series, “Sculptural Contradictions”, I seek to explore the viewer’s interaction with sculpture in unexpected scenarios. Thus, for example, I seek to take the experience of encountering sculpture to a level beyond the mere interaction with the sculpture’s form and material to one that challenges the extent of interaction between the viewer and the sculpture in scenes that contradict the expected experience.
