The New York Optimist December 2008 |
It is rare that my switch is flipped that fervently and it is apparent that, especially if one considers the scale of the works to be no larger than a book of fables and the pin-point efficiency in the drawings, that I was overwhelmed by the impact of their uncanny ability to convey such emotion and clarity of vision. A formal drawback here is the inclination to discard them as statuettes rather than sculpture. I wonder if they would be even more effective if they stood ten feet tall instead of ten inches while containing the same hyper illustrative detail through their dexterous hand work which is customary for their size. In this scenario they would elude the impression of being fetishistic. I suspect this is me being greedy. Through their accommodating dimensions they instill a peculiar sense of scale and intense narrative edge and content that insinuate the paradoxical nuances of the Surrealists. This is what makes me ache for an object with all these ephemeral qualities to be massive and placed in the vastness of a city building’s square. These illogical configurations suggest a more plausible accounting of the sublime as if pulled from the inventory of icons accumulated from ones attempt to understand and gain orientation to their social/political position in the world somewhere between the floorboard and the window of their apartment. At times I think what we don’t need right now is another artist in the world and that 95% of those that exist are surplus. Then I get this work emailed to me which helps to expose my susceptibility to impulses of denunciation and proves the platform of an open forum fundamental. Alexander Viscio |