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Reciprocal Helix
2 pieces / each 9” h x 12” d, Cocobolo, 1999 |
Tangled Helix Series |
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Reciprocal Helix William Hunter's extended exploration of the vessel produced celebrated works composed of astonishing contrary-wise spooling ribs. Hunter took a risk when he moved from that epitome of craft to a sort of reductia ad absurdum dissolution of the walls of the vessel. But the result was not absurd; it was a new way of envisioning form in newly constructed or deconstructed sense of space. Hunter's interpenetrating; almost knotted spirals function as an abstract of energy. This is the sort of daring open-ended, individual exploration rooted in craft and history which Pushkin lauds and which "Challenge VI" hoped to encourage.
Robin Rice
Senior Art Critic, Philadelphia City Paper Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of the Arts "A Fruitful Balance Between Influence and Originality" Challenge VI-Roots, Insights & Inspiration in Contemporary Turned Objects |
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