Tony Moore: Sculpture Paradox In Form

摘要

Tony Moore's recent sculpture installation "Paradox in Form" at Gallery in-the-Field (www.galleryinthefield.com) in Brandon, Vermont... examines a central conundrum of existence: that each hour of life brings us another hour closer to death. But Moore's work isn't all doom and gloom; rather, it reminds us that human handiwork can challenge that paradox by leaving lasting imprints on the world. Memento mori loosely translates from Latin into "remember you are mortal." The phrase has spawned centuries of skull and funerary-urn images in still-life paintings, friezes, even New England needlepoints. Moore's Thou, a. gravestone form that is about three inches thick, firmly fits into that genre. The word "THOU" is inscribed on this ceramic headstone, recalling Ebenezer Scrooges tombstone as revealed by die Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in "A Christmas Carol." Moore also pressed a handprint at lower left, and several leaf forms onto the sculpture s red and black-singed, wood-fired surfaces. Thou sits on a shelf. Its face is smoothed, but the gravestone's edges appear as rough as coarsely graveled concrete. Moore often mixes pebbles and grit into his clay.