Starcraft
Starcraft
Astronomical data from NASA. Powder coated steel.
Sol, first in the series of geometric sculptures based on astronomical data from NASA, is scaled up in orange powder coated steel, like GL280b, Kapetyn’s Star, and Bluey. “The wire-frame Outliers depict three stars that were too large to be 3D–printed. Like their smaller thermoplastic cousins, these steel sculptures are brightly colored in fluorescent pink, neon yellow, and sky blue. While their spindly forms seem weightless, almost without substance, they fill most of the space in the gallery, routing viewers around in a geometric dance. Though the Outliers sit solidly on the ground, one can’t help but see them as though they were floating in space, crystalline bubbles visible only at their edges. As an epigraph from poet Mei-mei Bessenbrugge printed on the wall has it: “A person, being of cosmic origin, can be at one with a star.” - Ray Cronin
Provenance: Working On It: New Canadian Sculpture, with Chris Hanson & Hendrika Sonnenberg, Luis-Charles Dionne, Zeke Moores, Jean-Louis Charles, January 20 - May 12, 2024, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredricton NB Canada, curated by Ray Cronin. What If, The Blue Building Gallery, November 19, 2021 - January 20, 2022, Halifax NS Canada. Visiting Starcraft, long-term outdoor installation amidst naturalistic perennial gardens designed by Peter Holt, January 21, 2022 to the present day, Open Sesame Garden, Brookside NS Canada (photos of the installation by Peter Holt; visits can be arranged).