gary deirmendjian selected works
gary deirmendjian selected works |
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details :::: a public work resulting from the artist's own intent and initiative
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artist's statement A 25 tonne stone, quarried as a single block now stands upright in three distinct segments, openly carrying the scars of the work's making. The base segment is aligned with the grid of the work's physical context, while the upper segments have together been massively twisted out of alignment across a horizontal machined cut. The upper portion is separated from the middle by a forced natural break and held apart by sparsely packed rocks. As a whole the work reads as a single male figure standing upright and twisted, in the midst of a highly planned urban setting, right next to a railway line. Perhaps he waits for a train, while his gaze varies according to the viewer's perspective. Conceptually the horizontal notches, incidental to the quarrying process, may now suggest a timeline along the work's height - an entire lifetime perhaps. A monumental shift has taken place across the decisive lower cut, away from the alignments of the base condition. This suggests a conscious questioning of the attitudinal givens of one's social context, and a respective move away. The angled natural break and respective gap may than suggest a promise of understanding in time to come. |
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a life - poem written by Kim Carey (writer & friend) in response to the work - November 2007 Stone whispers his story |
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