CONGRUOUS CONJECTURE
18 X 9.5 X 4, WOOD, METAL AND GLASS
18 X 9.5 X 4, WOOD, METAL AND GLASS
Joseph Cornell was one of the pioneers of assemblage sculpture and often worked in a boxed format. But unlike Cornell, who worked with many found objects, all the pieces here were fabricated, except for the ball bearings. There is a game-like, arcade feel with the three rows numbered at the top and an instructional warning etched into the bottom. Discus projectiles are dissecting wires which suspend spheres, causing them to break the underlying plates of glass. Although the sculpture is static, it appears kinetic, with implied destruction and the potential for further demolition. The interplay between what has happened and what might still happen has been frozen behind a sheet of glass, giving the sculpture a contradictory, surrealistic nature. If the projectiles have been hurled and cut the wires, then how was it accomplished without breaking the front glass plane, and how will the remaining wire be sliced?
Magnum Opus Exhibit, Georgia Art League, 2015, Quinlan Art Center, Gainesville, GA
