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As an artist I gravitate towards sculpture because I live in a physical world. We as people have
daily lives filled with and dependent on buildings, and streets, and bridges, and machines, and movement through these connected planes. The forms my sculptures take arise spontaneously from the means of construction, and the materials and tools I have access to heavily dictate the outcome of each piece. I let the materials and forms I am working with have the power, to allow them to be used for their abilities and strengths, while I perform merely as a liaison between the raw material and the finished work. And this whole process is somewhere between an emulation of, and a reaction to, the world around me, Inspired sometimes by observing from an acute point of view, and sometimes it stems from a grand and omnipresent perspective. Ultimately my works become about the unique spatial and material relationships within each piece, while remaining conscious and open to the connections that can be made to our own real-world space and situations. IJC - June 2021 |
Untitled, 2016, Steel, wood, latex paint, 24.5 x 25 x 11 inches (62 x 63.5 x 28 cm)
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Ian James Carr 2022
