55 x 55 x 180 inches | acid-cut stainless steel with polished mirror finish, stainless steel wire rope and fittings | 2013 | Permanent Site-Specific Installation | Morrison & Foerster, Aon Center, 59th and 60th Floors | Los Angeles
Life Above the Fray was created specifically for this space at Morrison & Foerster. It is intended to breathlessly occupy space without being overly demanding of one’s attention. The gossamer mirrored surface recedes into the spectacular cityscape backdrop while, at times, casting glints of reflected sunlight throughout the surrounding area.
The graphical composition is an amalgam of imagery conjured in my studio from various large cut-paper drawings. The work uses the visual logic of “landscape” to form a narrative that begins with rebirth at the bottom and ascends into a transcended state of twisted realignment. Each stage of the sculpture has two symmetrical halves — as in Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man or Hermann Rorschach’s ink blot tests, the achievement of symmetrical balance can be read as an element of our physical perfection, and also our psychological introspection.