intrapersonal

calf heart, clay and wood

7" x 12" x 12"

2005


intrapersonal is an experiment that highlights the autonomous nature of art materials and processes. Traditionally, artists bring life to inanimate materials such as marble, paper, or clay. I crossed this life-imbuing attempt of artistic process, with the natural phenomenon of decay, symbolized with the lost life of a calf-heart. Covering the calf-heart with clay allowed the animation of sculpture to synthesize with the organic process of decay . . .