Progression of an expression

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Comment by Resident Curator on May 29, 2019 at 1:53pm

Curator’s Comments:

The relief sculpture Progression of an expression came up on the site today despite being created a number of years ago.  There is a strange visceral pleasure in viewing the plastic nature of the twisted expressions arrested in cast bronze and steel.  The linear presentation of the three mouths does give the viewer a sense of progression, and perhaps the formation of speech along with facial expressions. When I looked to contextualize this work among other pieces in your portfolio I was surprised to see your page dominated primarily by powerfully expressive two-dimensional paintings.  While some of the abstract figurations contain stretched distortions, the colorful paintings actually share very little with the final communication of the sculptural work other than a dark, contrasting ground.  I do find both approaches to be engaging and presenting vivid manipulation.