Pioneers are the first to see it…and the last to be seen.
This is one of my most important works done in early 1986 when I broke away from doing letter sculptures. It shows my constructivist interests but also how much I was pushing forward the idea of style writing in space. I was well ahead of the ‘graffiti sculpture’ genre we see emerging now. This was all freestyle sculpting, no predetermined outline or drawing, just pure improv. I was very fortunate that in this period I knew very little about sculpture and alot about graffiti because I was able to create a bridge between my culture and the history of modern sculpture, something I am now well versed in. Hopefully one day my work will have the affect on others as the sculptors I have come to admire have on me. Each one Teach one.
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Hmm- Revs did something I wouldnt do and I give him props for putting sculpture on the the street level. I feel the aestheic of his work lent itself to the street art of the time, I never thought of his work as sculptural as much as metal tags, industrial tags. Graff sculpture on the streets is a rare thing in NY, I wish there was more of it and that had the energy to do it, unlike tagging up placing a sculpture in public requires alot of effort. I like Revs’ pieces because you see the work, the effort it takes to make that shit. Trust me it aint that easy.
Personaly my sculptures are too invested in my process, I felt the value or history would have gotten lost on the streets, given that I paid my dues already on the trains and streets there was no appeal for me to place sculptures in public.
So I thought!- I placed an illegal sculpture in Germany- http://outsides.de/artist/Mare-139.html peep out what that was like.
thanks for the reply, your work definetely deals more with lines and shapes than his. that sculpture in germany is real ill. stay up.
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whats your stance/opiniopn on revs’ sculptures? I haven’t seen a mention of him on your blog, yet he was one of a very select group of people who was consistently creating and putting it out illegally in public for people to view, not to say that your work isn’t amazing, it is it, a real crispness to it that speaks volumes. just wondering what you thought about revs’ metal work.