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Whirligig (2022-2023)

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In the late 1980s, at a yard sale in central Vermont, I bought a bunch of whirligigs. When I moved to NYC they went into storage. Thirty years later I hauled them out.

 

When I started the Whirligig project, to imprint the basic form and mechanism in my head, I drew each of the whirligigs. From then on, I pretty much let go of reality. There is no friction or gravity in a drawing.

 

Over the years, I've addressed issues of intimacy in my work. I've continued this through the Whirligig drawings. I opened the work up to a variety of ideas and emotional states. I let my mind wander, and I followed its lead.

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Since whirligigs are wind-powered there is the temptation to insert the notion of renewable energy into the conceptual framework of the project. This may be true, although not in the environmental sense, but on the individual level. When I started making work over 40 years ago, I recall having more energy. Lately, this has been on my mind.

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