The six intricately
constructed sculptures on view are made from the discarded clothes of friends and family.
Not exact matches
In 2002, the Stuart Collection at the University of California, San Diego, unveiled the artist's monumental
sculpture Bear, a 180 - ton, 23-1/2 - foot - tall teddy bear
constructed from eight uncarved granite boulders, which will remain
on view permanently.
Hawkinson's works confront not only the palpable, corporeal aspects of human nature; he has also created pieces which explore the metaphysical facets of human consciousness and the yearning to rationalize and map the intangible forces governing the universe: Ruffle (2009), a 44» x 44» x 44» hanging
sculpture made of aluminum mesh, aluminum tape, and bondo, and Track (2009), a 92» x 60» x 24» allusion to Edward N. Lorenz's visualizations of deterministic chaos based
on a mathematical model of the atmosphere
constructed out of a aluminum tape, neoprene, pvc, and wire will also be
on view.
In 2002, The Stuart Collection unveiled the artist's monumental
sculpture Bear, a 180 ton, 23-1/2 foot teddy bear
constructed from eight uncarved granite boulders, which will remain
on view permanently.
Currently
on view at Sean Kelly Gallery, the exhibition «
Construct» presents a range of these
sculptures, opening with Bridge (1985) and Scaffold (2015), giving way to five new «Big Beamer» pieces and two new works that are part of his «Stretched Blockworks» series.
The
sculptures on view range in date from 1913 to 2006 and are
constructed of materials including ceramic, papier - mâché, cork, wood and common found objects.