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Once upon a time, I was a step out of time. It was then
that I realized time catches up with you. So I decided to kill some time.
But since time heals all wounds I was merely passing time. Now I'm making
up for lost time. I take it one step at a time and look forward to having
all the time in the world.
Three years ago I began to collect a list of phrases about time. The list
has grown to almost 150 phrases, and I'm sure I don't have them all. Everyone
who has read the list has managed to add to it. The importance we humans
place on the keeping of time is unprecedented among the animals and plants
we share this world with. While the world around us keeps time with natural
rhythms established by the length of a day and seasonal changes, we measure
time ever more closely. In our desire to save time, or make the most of
time, we have divided time into smaller and smaller parts. Almost everyone
I know believes that time is speeding up. Is it possible our desire to
pack more and more into every second is actually causing time to increase
speed? Or is it just an illusion?
My fascination with the list of time phrases has become the inspiration
for a series of sculptures. The time phrases become titles for pieces
inspired by the phrases. This new series of work has offered me the opportunity
to play with function while satisfying my desire to produce sculptural
images using the human figure as part of the composition.
Function has been a part of my work since I was in undergraduate school.
I majored in Industrial Design because of my interest in the products
we use in our daily lives. I have always felt it possible to design products
that not only performed their function well but also were interesting
sculpturally. My desire to produce one of a kind art pieces tolk me away
from the world of design and into the realm of Fine Art. The fact that
some of my work is functional pushes it into a category someplace between
Fine Art and Design. Personally I don't care what category they are placed
in. The important thing for me is that the work provides both functional
and visually excitement. If it does that it is a successful piece.
Since receiving my Masters Degree in Sculpture I have worked as a studio
artist, designing and fabricating sculpture with a wide range of uses.
Some of them are purely decorative, like the entrance "Gateway"
into the Atlanta Cyclorama, while others, such as the sales counter in
the Atlanta chapter of the AIA book store, or the conference table designed
for the Georgia Council for the Arts serve as a functional part of their
environment. I enjoy fitting a sculpture to its location and its need.
I look forward each day to the possibility of discovering something yet
undiscovered. At the end of the day I'm pleased to have found it.
C. Andree Davidt |
