Going Up

Foam ladder tower and detail. Trying to "just do" various sculptural problems that i've never had a great grasp of, such as "Vertical". That is part of the reason that the foam is working out as a material; it can be mostly just cut with a knife, and put together with just glue or small nails. And it's light enough that i can throw it around as i try out different configurations. In terms of the painted ladder form, if you can tell from the photo, the painted ladder doesn't match up totally with the cut-out shape. Here again i'm thinking about 2-D vs 3-D illusion, or in other works, questioning what is more true when you look at it...is the painted "image" of the ladder more real than the structural form of the shaped foam?

And this gray piece is just strips of duct tape surrounding a chicken wire structure. I am not sure why but i kind of love this piece. It feels to me that it is somehow transcending it's original materiality, but just barely. Like it's on the verge of slipping backwards.