Gorgeous Geologically-Inspired Volcanic Geode Sculptures Formed With Colorful Molten Beeswax
A photo posted by Laura Moriarty (@lauramoriartyrocks) on Jan 8, 2017 at 7:50am PST
Artist Laura Moriarty has created absolutely gorgeous, geologically-inspired sculptures which closely resemble volcanic geodes cut in half. The sculptures are built out of richly pigmented molten beeswax which is heated, cooled and reheated to form a weathered exterior along with an interior containing beautiful swirled layers of color and pattern.
Taking poetic license with geology, I compare processes of the studio with processes of the earth. Layers of color form the strata of a methodology in which the immediacy of the hand can translate a sense of deep time. Working and reworking molten, richly pigmented beeswax, I build each painting/object through a slow, simple yet strenuous physical engagement, which often becomes a metaphor for the ephemerality of life and civilization.
Moriarty's "Sculptural Paintings" is part of a Berman Museum exhibition entitled "A Stratigraphic Fiction" and will be on display through March 17, 2017.
A Stratigraphic Fiction presents a constellation of sculptures, photographs, films, and works on paper from 1970 to the present, all keyed to the underlying hum of recent discussions surrounding the theory of the Anthropocene-the newly coined term for the most recent epoch in geologic time.
A photo posted by Laura Moriarty (@lauramoriartyrocks) on Nov 22, 2016 at 3:36pm PST
A photo posted by Laura Moriarty (@lauramoriartyrocks) on Jan 22, 2016 at 6:52am PST
A photo posted by Laura Moriarty (@lauramoriartyrocks) on Jan 22, 2016 at 6:53am PST
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