Senseful – (Reasonable, Judicious), 2003
Capital Punishment: Patterns for Bronze cast, Granite
Split Block, Judgement: Patterns for Bronze cast, Granite steps, Installation
View Montpellier Cultural Arts Center; Two of three pieces: Judgement,
2003; Polyester Resin, Fiberglass, 9 x 5 x 12’, Capital Punishment,
2003; Polyester Resin, Fiberglass, 7 x 12 x 10’; Continuum 1998:
Italian Marble; 65 x 26 x 30 cm (26 x 10 x 12")
(Detail, Installation Views)
Senseful – (Reasonable, Judicious)
One can ascend the three steeps of Judgement, an authoritative viewpoint where one’s back is protected; taking a stand, standing out. On the floor is the work Continuum. This work is referring to a fragment from prehistoric Greece about 5000 BP. It is a fragment of a human head with two feet on the forehead, as if symbolizing one link in a chain of humanity. A sense of the timelessness of the present moment of consciousness itself.
In full view at the opposite end from Judgement is Capital Punishment, a 7 x 7 x 7 foot cube of solid blackness, seemingly absorbing the presence of 3 scarabs’ wing covers, one each on the east, north and west sides. The south side is free for contemplation, with the sun side on your back. Both you and the block absorb the warmth while engaging in the thought of the gravity of matter.
The presence of mind in the face of infinite possibilities, the unknowing.
Artist
statement to "Senseful"
"John
Greer Tackles – Matters of Life and Death" by Michael O'Sullivan (Washington
Post Weekend, August 8, 2003)
Last Update: March 2005
