$25,000
Steel, reclaimed LP gas tank
6’w x 10’h x 4’d
From the artist:
My outdoor sculptures include apertures that emphasize the sky, stars, lunar events, and relationships between the sky and the earth. These natural objects and events represent a vast unknown and a sense of potential which can get lost in the fast-paced information and opinion flooded world we live in. For me, learning about, experiencing, and understanding the complexities of life is linked to living a full life, so with my sculpture I attempt to provide a reassuring and inspiring moment for viewers to contemplate.
I designed the Guide sculpture to represent an abstract bust of a figure whose head is marked with holes mapping an excerpt from a Messier astronomical chart. Messier star charts are parts of a catalog of non-comet objects observed in space by Charles Messier. I selected this chart because it is observable and static compared to comets that move across the sky, and by doing so incorporate time into our understanding of their existence. We know that everything on earth changes with time. The Guide sculpture’s static star chart suggests that with distance, time can slow.
Artist website: https://mikewsol.com/