A Note on Two Pieces Brian Lemond
Surface here is rendered in three distinct ways:
1. the limit of construction. Wood modules act in concert and in accordance with a consistent logic to build a rhythm, an expectation of sequence, in each piece.The sides and faces of the modules offer their signatures to the composite structure.
2. applied treatment. The treatment of these constructions, in these cases the addition of enamel or the burning of the wood itself, supplies a variable to the static equation of the configuration.The grid of elements alternately vanishes beneath the applied surface or is fundamentally and aggressively altered by the heat. 3. binding elements. The combination of these ingredients, the structural and the superficial, yields the third surface, the perceptual.The cold, white enamel edge lends the grid of endgrain an apparent thinness that counters our expectation of both material and form, while the induced splits and shifts in the scorched grid emphasize the fibrous nature and true depth of the wooden components.
Brian Lemond is a sculptor working in Brooklyn NY, and is part of the Experimental Modern Arts Collective, www.xmac.org
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