THE ABSENCE OF FIELD
︎ HAND CAST SCULPTURES MADE OF JESMONITE, CLAY, AND PLASTER
The first, almost obvious recourse for me was to add another spatial dimension to the work by way of introducing sculptural elements that converse and engage with what I already have established in my practice. At a talk at the Royal Academy, Hal Foster says, “phenomenological space opens up to sculpture.” Sculpture, especially the kind for which Richard Serra was known, facilitates the reconfiguration of space and “declares” space in this way.
Keeping Things Whole
BY MARK STRANDIn a field
I am the absence
of field.
This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.
When I walk
I part the air
and always
the air moves in
to fill the spaces
where my body’s been.
We all have reasons
for moving.
I move
to keep things whole.
