Statues of symbols

Numerical Formula
Numerical Formula
1982, wood and acrylic on 29"x24" canvas
Numerical Formula
High voltage circuit
High voltage circuit
1983, 20"x79" acrylic on panel and paper clay
variable resistors
Characteristics of variable resistors
1982, 24"x24" acrylic and carved wood

Statues of symbols

Symbols of science, symbols of music, symbols of roads, symbols of maps ...
Symbols are always pointing to something other than themselves.
We rarely pay attention to the shape of the symbols themselves.
Over time, a symbol can take on the scent of the things it points to. This is not expected, but let's enjoy the scent.

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Turning symbols into statues

Symbols are an elite created to carry information in a realistic direction. As they are refined for this purpose, they become more and more abstract, until they are nothing but tasteless conventions, like the symbols of mathematics and science. Such elites boast a robustness whose meaning is unmovable, even when their size and color are changed.
Now, let's turn them in the direction of the imaginary. Turning them into statues is like watering down a dried-up them. Given a body, the symbol begins to radiate a wild polysemy, and regains room for great misunderstanding.

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