Stone & Form 2
- Date: c. 2002
- Medium: 35mm b/w film, digitally refined
- Format: Proofs only
[catalog entry]
Stone & Form 2 revisits the conceptual terrain first explored in Stone & Form 1, deepening the artist’s inquiry into the intersection of human presence and sculptural representation. Created during a trip to London, this series was prompted by a desire to more closely echo the aesthetic and emotional qualities of Untitled Series 1—but this time through the lens of actual marble figures.
Photographed in museum settings, these images isolate and study classical statuary with an intense, almost reverential attention to texture, gesture, and anatomical rhythm. The compositions—cropped torsos, interlaced fingers, averted gazes—distill the essence of touch and form. The play of shadow on worn stone creates an illusion of flesh, offering moments where sculpture seems to breathe with human vulnerability.
TUnlike the more fragmented, emotionally distant approach of the earlier Stone & Form images, this series carries a greater intimacy and directness. It narrows the gap between representation and embodiment, allowing the viewer to sense not just the form of a figure, but its inner pulse—preserved, transposed, and reanimated through the lens.
Though the project was never expanded into a finished series, these refined images mark a return to familiar themes with a sharper visual clarity and conceptual focus.
Digitally refined proofs from the unfinished project Stone & Form 2. These test images represent a work in progress and were never part of a finalized edition.
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