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Death
on the Highway
1980
steel,
gypsum cement, glass, photos, charcoal |
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Through the center of the space 13 expanded metal figures ranging in size from 18" to nearly 8' high are suspended on slender steel cables in a "perspective" array with the smallest and largest figures mounted on the end walls. Outline silhouettes of the runner are drawn directly on the side walls in charcoal . On one wall the figures are profile views of a constant scale (slightly over life size). On the other they were in three-quarter view with a "perspective" shift in size, apparently coming from and receding into the distance. On the floor are ten gypsum cement blocks with inset photos, each containing a caption. This was my first fully realized installation work. It used the silhouettes of a running figure as a life metaphor. In constructing the piece I wanted to define a maximum amount of space with a minimum amount of mass. The piece was exhibited at The Art Gallery of The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York |